10.6.56
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.56
न प्रसिद्धग्रहणत्वादसंयुक्तस्य तद्धर्मेण
na prasiddhagrahaṇatvād asaṃyuktasya taddharmeṇa
The line
Not because of a compound: already familiar, a grasping, and the state of being that, of asaṃyukta (असंयुक्त), by means of a compound: that, and dharma, a property.
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: na (न) + prasiddha-grahaṇa-tvāt (प्रसिद्ध-ग्रहण-त्वात्) + asaṃyuktasya (असंयुक्तस्य) + tat-dharmeṇa (तत्-धर्मेण)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| prasiddha-grahaṇa-tvāt (प्रसिद्ध-ग्रहण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: already familiar, a grasping, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| asaṃyuktasya (असंयुक्तस्य) | genitive singular | asaṃyukta (असंयुक्त) |
| tat-dharmeṇa (तत्-धर्मेण) | instrumental singular | a compound: that, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. prasiddha-grahaṇa-tvāt (प्रसिद्ध-ग्रहण-त्वात्) is a compound: already familiar, a grasping, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prasiddhagrahaṇatvād (प्रसिद्धग्रहणत्वाद्).
asaṃyuktasya (असंयुक्तस्य) is asaṃyukta (असंयुक्त). It stands as genitive singular. tat-dharmeṇa (तत्-धर्मेण) is a compound: that, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prasiddha-grahaṇa-tvāt (प्रसिद्ध-ग्रहण-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it prasiddhagrahaṇatvād (प्रसिद्धग्रहणत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prasiddha-grahaṇa-tvāt (प्रसिद्ध-ग्रहण-त्वात्) and asaṃyuktasya (असंयुक्तस्य).