10.6.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.1
एकर्च स्थानि यज्ञे स्युः स्वाध्यायवत्
ekarca sthāni yajñe syuḥ svādhyāyavat
The line
ekarca (एकर्च), standing, in a sacrifice, they would be, a compound: one's own, a chapter, and possessing.
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: ekarca (एकर्च) + sthāni (स्थानि) + yajñe (यज्ञे) + syuḥ (स्युः) + sva-adhyāya-vat (स्व-अध्याय-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekarca (एकर्च) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| sthāni (स्थानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | standing |
| yajñe (यज्ञे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a sacrifice |
| syuḥ (स्युः) | optative, third person plural | they would be |
| sva-adhyāya-vat (स्व-अध्याय-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: one's own, a chapter, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
ekarca (एकर्च) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. sthāni (स्थानि) is standing. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. yajñe (यज्ञे) is a sacrifice. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
syuḥ (स्युः) is they would be. It stands as optative, third person plural. sva-adhyāya-vat (स्व-अध्याय-वत्) is a compound: one's own, a chapter, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
sva-adhyāya-vat (स्व-अध्याय-वत्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekarca (एकर्च) and sthāni (स्थानि).
Next
10.6.2. In tṛca (तृच) or, because of because a mark is seen.