10.5.63
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.63
अपि वा धर्माविशेषात् तद्धर्माणां स्वस्थाने प्रकरणादग्रत्वमुच्यते
api vā dharmāviśeṣāt taddharmāṇāṃ svasthāne prakaraṇād agratvam ucyate
The line
Even or, because of a compound: dharma, a property, and no difference, of a compound: that, and dharma, a property, in a compound: one's own, and the place, the order, because of because of the context, agratva (अग्रत्व), is said.
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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + dharma-aviśeṣāt (धर्म-अविशेषात्) + tat-dharmāṇāṃ (तत्-धर्माणां) + sva-sthāne (स्व-स्थाने) + prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) + agratvam (अग्रत्वम्) + ucyate (उच्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| dharma-aviśeṣāt (धर्म-अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: dharma, a property, and no difference. Read it from the end |
| tat-dharmāṇāṃ (तत्-धर्माणां) | genitive plural | a compound: that, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| sva-sthāne (स्व-स्थाने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: one's own, and the place, the order. Read it from the end |
| prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) | ablative singular | because of the context |
| agratvam (अग्रत्वम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | agratva (अग्रत्व) |
| ucyate (उच्यते) | present, third person singular | is said |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. dharma-aviśeṣāt (धर्म-अविशेषात्) is a compound: dharma, a property, and no difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tat-dharmāṇāṃ (तत्-धर्माणां) is a compound: that, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural.
sva-sthāne (स्व-स्थाने) is a compound: one's own, and the place, the order. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) is because of the context. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakaraṇād (प्रकरणाद्). agratvam (अग्रत्वम्) is agratva (अग्रत्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ucyate (उच्यते) is is said. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dharma-aviśeṣāt (धर्म-अविशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it prakaraṇād (प्रकरणाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dharma-aviśeṣāt (धर्म-अविशेषात्) and tat-dharmāṇāṃ (तत्-धर्माणां).
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