10.5.78
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.78
अपि वाहर्गणेष्वग्निवत् समानविधानं स्यात्
api vāhargaṇeṣv agnivat samānavidhānaṃ syāt
The line
Even, vāhargaṇeṣv (वाहर्गणेष्व्), a compound: fire, and possessing, a compound: the same, and a rule, 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: api (अपि) + vāhargaṇeṣv (वाहर्गणेष्व्) + agni-vat (अग्नि-वत्) + samāna-vidhānaṃ (समान-विधानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vāhargaṇeṣv (वाहर्गणेष्व्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| agni-vat (अग्नि-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: fire, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| samāna-vidhānaṃ (समान-विधानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: the same, and a rule. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vāhargaṇeṣv (वाहर्गणेष्व्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. agni-vat (अग्नि-वत्) is a compound: fire, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
samāna-vidhānaṃ (समान-विधानं) is a compound: the same, and a rule. Read it from the end. It stands as 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
samāna-vidhānaṃ (समान-विधानं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vāhargaṇeṣv (वाहर्गणेष्व्) and agni-vat (अग्नि-वत्).