10.4.57
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.57
अपि वाज्यप्रधानत्वाद् गुणार्थे व्यपदेशे भक्त्या संस्कारशब्दः स्यात्
api vājyapradhānatvād guṇārthe vyapadeśe bhaktyā saṃskāraśabdaḥ syāt
The line
Even, because of a compound: or, clarified butter, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that, in a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning, in a designation, by means of by devotion, a compound: a compounded thing, and a word, 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: api (अपि) + vā-ājya-pradhāna-tvāt (वा-आज्य-प्रधान-त्वात्) + guṇa-arthe (गुण-अर्थे) + vyapadeśe (व्यपदेशे) + bhaktyā (भक्त्या) + saṃskāra-śabdaḥ (संस्कार-शब्दः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā-ājya-pradhāna-tvāt (वा-आज्य-प्रधान-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, clarified butter, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| guṇa-arthe (गुण-अर्थे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| vyapadeśe (व्यपदेशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a designation |
| bhaktyā (भक्त्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by devotion |
| saṃskāra-śabdaḥ (संस्कार-शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a compounded thing, and a word. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā-ājya-pradhāna-tvāt (वा-आज्य-प्रधान-त्वात्) is a compound: or, clarified butter, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vājyapradhānatvād (वाज्यप्रधानत्वाद्). guṇa-arthe (गुण-अर्थे) is a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vyapadeśe (व्यपदेशे) is a designation. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
bhaktyā (भक्त्या) is by devotion. It stands as instrumental singular, feminine. saṃskāra-śabdaḥ (संस्कार-शब्दः) is a compound: a compounded thing, and a word. 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
vā-ājya-pradhāna-tvāt (वा-आज्य-प्रधान-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vājyapradhānatvād (वाज्यप्रधानत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vā-ājya-pradhāna-tvāt (वा-आज्य-प्रधान-त्वात्) and guṇa-arthe (गुण-अर्थे).