10.4.31
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.31
मन्त्रनिशेषनिर्देशान् न देवताविकारः स्यात्
mantraniśeṣanirdeśān na devatāvikāraḥ syāt
The line
A compound: a mantra, niśeṣa (निशेष), and a statement of what the rule is, not a compound: a deity, and 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: mantra-niśeṣa-nirdeśān (मन्त्र-निशेष-निर्देशान्) + na (न) + devatā-vikāraḥ (देवता-विकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mantra-niśeṣa-nirdeśān (मन्त्र-निशेष-निर्देशान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a mantra, niśeṣa (निशेष), and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| devatā-vikāraḥ (देवता-विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a deity, and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
mantra-niśeṣa-nirdeśān (मन्त्र-निशेष-निर्देशान्) is a compound: a mantra, niśeṣa (निशेष), and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
devatā-vikāraḥ (देवता-विकारः) is a compound: a deity, and a transformation. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
mantra-niśeṣa-nirdeśān (मन्त्र-निशेष-निर्देशान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mantra-niśeṣa-nirdeśān (मन्त्र-निशेष-निर्देशान्) and devatā-vikāraḥ (देवता-विकारः).