10.5.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.27
अभ्यासेन तु संख्यापूरणं सामिधेनीष्वभ्यासप्रकृतित्वात्
abhyāsena tu saṃkhyāpūraṇaṃ sāmidhenīṣv abhyāsaprakṛtitvāt
The line
By means of practice but, a compound: number, and pūraṇa (पूरण), sāmidhenīṣv (सामिधेनीष्व्), because of a compound: practice, nature, what is seen, and the state of being that.
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: abhyāsena (अभ्यासेन) + tu (तु) + saṃkhyā-pūraṇaṃ (संख्या-पूरणं) + sāmidhenīṣv (सामिधेनीष्व्) + abhyāsa-prakṛti-tvāt (अभ्यास-प्रकृति-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhyāsena (अभ्यासेन) | instrumental singular | practice |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| saṃkhyā-pūraṇaṃ (संख्या-पूरणं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: number, and pūraṇa (पूरण). Read it from the end |
| sāmidhenīṣv (सामिधेनीष्व्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| abhyāsa-prakṛti-tvāt (अभ्यास-प्रकृति-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: practice, nature, what is seen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
abhyāsena (अभ्यासेन) is practice. It stands as instrumental singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. saṃkhyā-pūraṇaṃ (संख्या-पूरणं) is a compound: number, and pūraṇa (पूरण). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
sāmidhenīṣv (सामिधेनीष्व्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. abhyāsa-prakṛti-tvāt (अभ्यास-प्रकृति-त्वात्) is a compound: practice, nature, what is seen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
abhyāsa-prakṛti-tvāt (अभ्यास-प्रकृति-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhyāsena (अभ्यासेन) and saṃkhyā-pūraṇaṃ (संख्या-पूरणं).