10.4.58
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.58
अपि वाख्याविकारत्वात् तेन स्यादुपलक्षणम्
api vākhyāvikāratvāt tena syād upalakṣaṇam
The line
Even, a compound: vākhyā (वाख्या), a transformation, and tvāta (त्वात), by means of by that, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, upalakṣaṇa (उपलक्षण).
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) + vākhyā-vikāra-tvāta (वाख्या-विकार-त्वात) + tena (तेन) + syād (स्याद्) + upalakṣaṇam (उपलक्षणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vākhyā-vikāra-tvāta (वाख्या-विकार-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: vākhyā (वाख्या), a transformation, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular | by that |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| upalakṣaṇam (उपलक्षणम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | upalakṣaṇa (उपलक्षण) |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vākhyā-vikāra-tvāta (वाख्या-विकार-त्वात) is a compound: vākhyā (वाख्या), a transformation, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. tena (तेन) is by that. It stands as instrumental singular.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. upalakṣaṇam (उपलक्षणम्) is upalakṣaṇa (उपलक्षण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
vākhyā-vikāra-tvāta (वाख्या-विकार-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākhyā-vikāra-tvāta (वाख्या-विकार-त्वात) and tena (तेन).