10.5.22

Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.22

आवापवचनं चाभ्यासे नोपपद्यते

āvāpavacanaṃ cābhyāse nopapadyate

The line

A compound: a separate insertion, and a statement, in a compound: and, and practice, does not fit.

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: āvāpa-vacanaṃ (आवाप-वचनं) + ca-abhyāse (च-अभ्यासे) + nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
āvāpa-vacanaṃ (आवाप-वचनं)nominative or accusative singular, neutera compound: a separate insertion, and a statement. Read it from the end
ca-abhyāse (च-अभ्यासे)locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neutera compound: and, and practice. Read it from the end
nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते)present, third person singulardoes not fit

The phrases

āvāpa-vacanaṃ (आवाप-वचनं) is a compound: a separate insertion, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca-abhyāse (च-अभ्यासे) is a compound: and, and practice. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.

nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) is does not fit. It stands as present, third person singular.

Sanskrit in this line

āvāpa-vacanaṃ (आवाप-वचनं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss āvāpa-vacanaṃ (आवाप-वचनं) and ca-abhyāse (च-अभ्यासे).

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