10.6.51
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.51
अन्ये स्युरृत्विजः प्रकृतिवत्
anye syur ṛtvijaḥ prakṛtivat
The line
Others, they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound, a priest, like the model.
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: anye (अन्ये) + syur (स्युर्) + ṛtvijaḥ (ऋत्विजः) + prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anye (अन्ये) | nominative plural | others |
| syur (स्युर्) | optative, third person plural | they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound |
| ṛtvijaḥ (ऋत्विजः) | nominative singular, masculine | a priest |
| prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) | indeclinable | like the model |
The phrases
anye (अन्ये) is others. It stands as nominative plural. syur (स्युर्) is they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person plural.
ṛtvijaḥ (ऋत्विजः) is a priest. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is like the model. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is indeclinable. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anye (अन्ये) and syur (स्युर्).