10.4.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.3
सर्वत्र तु ग्रहाम्नानमधिकं स्यात् प्रकृतिवत्
sarvatra tu grahāmnānam adhikaṃ syāt prakṛtivat
The line
Everywhere but, grahāmnāna (ग्रहाम्नान), more, it would be, let it be granted, like the model.
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: sarvatra (सर्वत्र) + tu (तु) + grahāmnānam (ग्रहाम्नानम्) + adhikaṃ (अधिकं) + syāt (स्यात्) + prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvatra (सर्वत्र) | indeclinable | everywhere |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| grahāmnānam (ग्रहाम्नानम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | grahāmnāna (ग्रहाम्नान) |
| adhikaṃ (अधिकं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | more |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) | indeclinable | like the model |
The phrases
sarvatra (सर्वत्र) is everywhere. It stands as indeclinable. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. grahāmnānam (ग्रहाम्नानम्) is grahāmnāna (ग्रहाम्नान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
adhikaṃ (अधिकं) is more. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is like the model. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
grahāmnānam (ग्रहाम्नानम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarvatra (सर्वत्र) and grahāmnānam (ग्रहाम्नानम्).