10.5.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.29
स्यात् तद्धर्मत्वात् प्रकृतिवदभ्यस्येतासङ्ख्यापूरणात्
syāt taddharmatvāt prakṛtivad abhyasyetāsaṅkhyāpūraṇāt
The line
It would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: that, dharma, a property, and the state of being that, a compound: nature, what is seen, and vada (वद), because of abhyasyetāsaṅkhyāpūraṇa (अभ्यस्येतासङ्ख्यापूरण).
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: syāt (स्यात्) + tat-dharma-tvāt (तत्-धर्म-त्वात्) + prakṛti-vada (प्रकृति-वद) + abhyasyetāsaṅkhyāpūraṇāt (अभ्यस्येतासङ्ख्यापूरणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tat-dharma-tvāt (तत्-धर्म-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, dharma, a property, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| prakṛti-vada (प्रकृति-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: nature, what is seen, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| abhyasyetāsaṅkhyāpūraṇāt (अभ्यस्येतासङ्ख्यापूरणात्) | ablative singular | abhyasyetāsaṅkhyāpūraṇa (अभ्यस्येतासङ्ख्यापूरण) |
The phrases
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tat-dharma-tvāt (तत्-धर्म-त्वात्) is a compound: that, dharma, a property, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
prakṛti-vada (प्रकृति-वद) is a compound: nature, what is seen, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. abhyasyetāsaṅkhyāpūraṇāt (अभ्यस्येतासङ्ख्यापूरणात्) is abhyasyetāsaṅkhyāpūraṇa (अभ्यस्येतासङ्ख्यापूरण). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
abhyasyetāsaṅkhyāpūraṇāt (अभ्यस्येतासङ्ख्यापूरणात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syāt (स्यात्) and tat-dharma-tvāt (तत्-धर्म-त्वात्).