10.3.72
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.72
यदि तु ब्रह्मणस् तदूनं तद्विकारः स्यात्
yadi tu brahmaṇas tadūnaṃ tadvikāraḥ syāt
The line
If but, brahmaṇas (ब्रह्मण), tadūna (तदून), that, a transformation, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: yadi (यदि) + tu (तु) + brahmaṇas (ब्रह्मण) + tadūnaṃ (तदूनं) + tad (तद्) + vikāraḥ (विकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| brahmaṇas (ब्रह्मण) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tadūnaṃ (तदूनं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | tadūna (तदून) |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. brahmaṇas (ब्रह्मण) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tadūnaṃ (तदूनं) is tadūna (तदून). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as tadvikāraḥ (तद्विकारः). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
brahmaṇas (ब्रह्मण) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as tadvikāraḥ (तद्विकारः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss brahmaṇas (ब्रह्मण) and tadūnaṃ (तदूनं).