10.5.53
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.53
अभावादतिरात्रेषु गृह्यते
abhāvād atirātreṣu gṛhyate
The line
Because of because of absence, in atirātra (अतिरात्र), is taken.
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: abhāvāt (अभावात्) + atirātreṣu (अतिरात्रेषु) + gṛhyate (गृह्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhāvāt (अभावात्) | ablative singular | because of absence |
| atirātreṣu (अतिरात्रेषु) | locative plural | atirātra (अतिरात्र) |
| gṛhyate (गृह्यते) | present, third person singular | is taken |
The phrases
abhāvāt (अभावात्) is because of absence. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it abhāvād (अभावाद्). atirātreṣu (अतिरात्रेषु) is atirātra (अतिरात्र). It stands as locative plural.
gṛhyate (गृह्यते) is is taken. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
atirātreṣu (अतिरात्रेषु) is locative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it abhāvād (अभावाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhāvāt (अभावात्) and atirātreṣu (अतिरात्रेषु).
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10.5.54. anvaya (अन्वय), vānārabhya (वानारभ्य), because of because of the rule.