10.5.58
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.58
जगत्साम्नि सामाभावादृक्तः सामतदाख्यं स्यात्
jagatsāmni sāmābhāvād ṛktaḥ sāmatadākhyaṃ syāt
The line
In a compound: the world, and sāmna (साम्न), because of a compound: sāmā (सामा), and a state, ṛkta (ऋक्त), sāmatadākhya (सामतदाख्य), 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: jagat-sāmni (जगत्-साम्नि) + sāmā-bhāvāt (सामा-भावात्) + ṛktaḥ (ऋक्तः) + sāmatadākhyaṃ (सामतदाख्यं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jagat-sāmni (जगत्-साम्नि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a compound: the world, and sāmna (साम्न). Read it from the end |
| sāmā-bhāvāt (सामा-भावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: sāmā (सामा), and a state. Read it from the end |
| ṛktaḥ (ऋक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | ṛkta (ऋक्त) |
| sāmatadākhyaṃ (सामतदाख्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | sāmatadākhya (सामतदाख्य) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
jagat-sāmni (जगत्-साम्नि) is a compound: the world, and sāmna (साम्न). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. sāmā-bhāvāt (सामा-भावात्) is a compound: sāmā (सामा), and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it sāmābhāvād (सामाभावाद्). ṛktaḥ (ऋक्तः) is ṛkta (ऋक्त). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
sāmatadākhyaṃ (सामतदाख्यं) is sāmatadākhya (सामतदाख्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or 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
sāmatadākhyaṃ (सामतदाख्यं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it sāmābhāvād (सामाभावाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jagat-sāmni (जगत्-साम्नि) and sāmā-bhāvāt (सामा-भावात्).