10.6.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.24
उभयसाम्नि विश्वजिद्वद्विभागः स्यात्
ubhayasāmni viśvajidvadvibhāgaḥ syāt
The line
In a compound: both, and sāmna (साम्न), viśvajidvadvibhāga (विश्वजिद्वद्विभाग), 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: ubhaya-sāmni (उभय-साम्नि) + viśvajidvadvibhāgaḥ (विश्वजिद्वद्विभागः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ubhaya-sāmni (उभय-साम्नि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a compound: both, and sāmna (साम्न). Read it from the end |
| viśvajidvadvibhāgaḥ (विश्वजिद्वद्विभागः) | nominative singular, masculine | viśvajidvadvibhāga (विश्वजिद्वद्विभाग) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ubhaya-sāmni (उभय-साम्नि) is a compound: both, and sāmna (साम्न). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. viśvajidvadvibhāgaḥ (विश्वजिद्वद्विभागः) is viśvajidvadvibhāga (विश्वजिद्वद्विभाग). 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
viśvajidvadvibhāgaḥ (विश्वजिद्वद्विभागः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ubhaya-sāmni (उभय-साम्नि) and viśvajidvadvibhāgaḥ (विश्वजिद्वद्विभागः).
Next
10.6.25. In pṛṣṭārtha (पृष्टार्थ) or, because of because it is for the sake of that.