10.5.79
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.79
द्वादशाहस्य व्यूढसमूढत्वं पृष्ठवत् समानविधानं स्यात्
dvādaśāhasya vyūḍhasamūḍhatvaṃ pṛṣṭhavat samānavidhānaṃ syāt
The line
Of dvādaśāha (द्वादशाह), vyūḍhasamūḍhatva (व्यूढसमूढत्व), pṛṣṭhavat (पृष्ठवत्), 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: dvādaśāhasya (द्वादशाहस्य) + vyūḍhasamūḍhatvaṃ (व्यूढसमूढत्वं) + pṛṣṭhavat (पृष्ठवत्) + samāna-vidhānaṃ (समान-विधानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dvādaśāhasya (द्वादशाहस्य) | genitive singular | dvādaśāha (द्वादशाह) |
| vyūḍhasamūḍhatvaṃ (व्यूढसमूढत्वं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | vyūḍhasamūḍhatva (व्यूढसमूढत्व) |
| pṛṣṭhavat (पृष्ठवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| 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
dvādaśāhasya (द्वादशाहस्य) is dvādaśāha (द्वादशाह). It stands as genitive singular. vyūḍhasamūḍhatvaṃ (व्यूढसमूढत्वं) is vyūḍhasamūḍhatva (व्यूढसमूढत्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. pṛṣṭhavat (पृष्ठवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
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
vyūḍhasamūḍhatvaṃ (व्यूढसमूढत्वं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dvādaśāhasya (द्वादशाहस्य) and vyūḍhasamūḍhatvaṃ (व्यूढसमूढत्वं).