10.6.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.4
पृष्ठ्यस्य युगपद्विधेरेकाहवद् द्विसामत्वम्
pṛṣṭhyasya yugapadvidher ekāhavad dvisāmatvam
The line
Of pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य), of a compound: at one time, and vidha (विध), ekāhavad (एकाहवद्), dvisāmatva (द्विसामत्व).
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: pṛṣṭhyasya (पृष्ठ्यस्य) + yugapad-vidheḥ (युगपद्-विधेः) + ekāhavad (एकाहवद्) + dvisāmatvam (द्विसामत्वम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pṛṣṭhyasya (पृष्ठ्यस्य) | genitive singular | pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य) |
| yugapad-vidheḥ (युगपद्-विधेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: at one time, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end |
| ekāhavad (एकाहवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| dvisāmatvam (द्विसामत्वम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | dvisāmatva (द्विसामत्व) |
The phrases
pṛṣṭhyasya (पृष्ठ्यस्य) is pṛṣṭhya (पृष्ठ्य). It stands as genitive singular. yugapad-vidheḥ (युगपद्-विधेः) is a compound: at one time, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it yugapadvidher.
ekāhavad (एकाहवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. dvisāmatvam (द्विसामत्वम्) is dvisāmatva (द्विसामत्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
yugapad-vidheḥ (युगपद्-विधेः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it yugapadvidher.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pṛṣṭhyasya (पृष्ठ्यस्य) and yugapad-vidheḥ (युगपद्-विधेः).