10.6.46
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.46
वचनात् तु बहूनां स्यात्
vacanāt tu bahūnāṃ syāt
The line
Because of because of a statement but, of many, 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: vacanāt (वचनात्) + tu (तु) + bahūnāṃ (बहूनां) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanāt (वचनात्) | ablative singular | because of a statement |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| bahūnāṃ (बहूनां) | genitive plural | many |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vacanāt (वचनात्) is because of a statement. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
bahūnāṃ (बहूनां) is many. It stands as genitive plural. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vacanāt (वचनात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanāt (वचनात्) and bahūnāṃ (बहूनां).