10.6.55
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.55
स्वाम्याख्याः स्युर् गृहपतिवदिति चेत्
svāmyākhyāḥ syur gṛhapativad iti cet
The line
If you say that svāmyākhya (स्वाम्याख्य), they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound, gṛhapativad (गृहपतिवद्), then.
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: svāmyākhyāḥ (स्वाम्याख्याः) + syur (स्युर्) + gṛhapativad (गृहपतिवद्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svāmyākhyāḥ (स्वाम्याख्याः) | nominative plural | svāmyākhya (स्वाम्याख्य) |
| syur (स्युर्) | optative, third person plural | they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound |
| gṛhapativad (गृहपतिवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
svāmyākhyāḥ (स्वाम्याख्याः) is svāmyākhya (स्वाम्याख्य). It stands as nominative plural. syur (स्युर्) is they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person plural. gṛhapativad (गृहपतिवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
svāmyākhyāḥ (स्वाम्याख्याः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svāmyākhyāḥ (स्वाम्याख्याः) and syur (स्युर्).