10.5.67
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.67
परेषु चाग्रशब्दः पूर्ववत् स्यात् तदादिषु
pareṣu cāgraśabdaḥ pūrvavat syāt tadādiṣu
The line
In another, the higher, a compound: cāgra (चाग्र), and a word, as before, like the earlier, it would be, let it be granted, in tadāda (तदाद).
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: pareṣu (परेषु) + cāgra-śabdaḥ (चाग्र-शब्दः) + pūrvavat (पूर्ववत्) + syāt (स्यात्) + tadādiṣu (तदादिषु)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pareṣu (परेषु) | locative plural | another, the higher |
| cāgra-śabdaḥ (चाग्र-शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: cāgra (चाग्र), and a word. Read it from the end |
| pūrvavat (पूर्ववत्) | indeclinable | as before, like the earlier |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tadādiṣu (तदादिषु) | locative plural | tadāda (तदाद) |
The phrases
pareṣu (परेषु) is another, the higher. It stands as locative plural. cāgra-śabdaḥ (चाग्र-शब्दः) is a compound: cāgra (चाग्र), and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. pūrvavat (पूर्ववत्) is as before, like the earlier. It stands as indeclinable.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tadādiṣu (तदादिषु) is tadāda (तदाद). It stands as locative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
cāgra-śabdaḥ (चाग्र-शब्दः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pareṣu (परेषु) and cāgra-śabdaḥ (चाग्र-शब्दः).