10.4.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.9
आनर्थक्यात् त्वधिकं स्यात्
ānarthakyāt tv adhikaṃ syāt
The line
Because of pointlessness, the state of being that, more, 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: ānarthakyāt (आनर्थक्यात्) + tva (त्व) + adhikaṃ (अधिकं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ānarthakyāt (आनर्थक्यात्) | ablative singular | pointlessness |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| adhikaṃ (अधिकं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | more |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ānarthakyāt (आनर्थक्यात्) is pointlessness. It stands as ablative singular. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
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.
Sanskrit in this line
ānarthakyāt (आनर्थक्यात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ānarthakyāt (आनर्थक्यात्) and tva (त्व).
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