10.6.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.14
विधेस् तु विप्रकर्षः स्यात्
vidhes tu viprakarṣaḥ syāt
The line
Of an injunction but, viprakarṣa (विप्रकर्ष), 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: vidheḥ (विधेः) + tu (तु) + viprakarṣaḥ (विप्रकर्षः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidheḥ (विधेः) | genitive or ablative singular | an injunction |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| viprakarṣaḥ (विप्रकर्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | viprakarṣa (विप्रकर्ष) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vidheḥ (विधेः) is an injunction. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it vidhes. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
viprakarṣaḥ (विप्रकर्षः) is viprakarṣa (विप्रकर्ष). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
viprakarṣaḥ (विप्रकर्षः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vidhes.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidheḥ (विधेः) and viprakarṣaḥ (विप्रकर्षः).