10.5.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.6
आदितो वा प्रवृत्तिः स्यादारम्भस्य तदादित्वाद् वचनादन्त्यविधिः स्यात्
ādito vā pravṛttiḥ syād ārambhasya tadāditvād vacanād antyavidhiḥ syāt
The line
ādita (आदित) or, activity, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of a making by parts, because of tadāditva (तदादित्व), because of because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound, antyavidha (अन्त्यविध), 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: ādito (आदितो) + vā (वा) + pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) + syād (स्याद्) + ārambhasya (आरम्भस्य) + tadāditvād (तदादित्वाद्) + vacanād (वचनाद्) + antyavidhiḥ (अन्त्यविधिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ādito (आदितो) | nominative singular, masculine | ādita (आदित) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | activity |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| ārambhasya (आरम्भस्य) | genitive singular | a making by parts |
| tadāditvād (तदादित्वाद्) | ablative singular | tadāditva (तदादित्व) |
| vacanād (वचनाद्) | ablative singular | because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound |
| antyavidhiḥ (अन्त्यविधिः) | nominative singular | antyavidha (अन्त्यविध) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ādito (आदितो) is ādita (आदित). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) is activity. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. ārambhasya (आरम्भस्य) is a making by parts. It stands as genitive singular.
tadāditvād (तदादित्वाद्) is tadāditva (तदादित्व). It stands as ablative singular. vacanād (वचनाद्) is because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as ablative singular. antyavidhiḥ (अन्त्यविधिः) is antyavidha (अन्त्यविध). It stands as nominative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
antyavidhiḥ (अन्त्यविधिः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ādito (आदितो) and pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः).