10.6.50
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.50
बहूनामिति चैकस्मिन् विशेषवचनं व्यर्थम्
bahūnām iti caikasmin viśeṣavacanaṃ vyartham
The line
Of many thus, caikasmin (चैकस्मिन्), a compound: a difference, and a statement, vyartha (व्यर्थ).
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: bahūnām (बहूनाम्) + iti (इति) + caikasmin (चैकस्मिन्) + viśeṣa-vacanaṃ (विशेष-वचनं) + vyartham (व्यर्थम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bahūnām (बहूनाम्) | genitive plural | many |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| caikasmin (चैकस्मिन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| viśeṣa-vacanaṃ (विशेष-वचनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a difference, and a statement. Read it from the end |
| vyartham (व्यर्थम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | vyartha (व्यर्थ) |
The phrases
bahūnām (बहूनाम्) is many. It stands as genitive plural. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. caikasmin (चैकस्मिन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
viśeṣa-vacanaṃ (विशेष-वचनं) is a compound: a difference, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vyartham (व्यर्थम्) is vyartha (व्यर्थ). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
viśeṣa-vacanaṃ (विशेष-वचनं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bahūnām (बहूनाम्) and caikasmin (चैकस्मिन्).
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