10.6.61
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.61
अहीने दक्षिणाशास्त्रं गुणत्वात् प्रत्यह कर्मभेदः स्यात्
ahīne dakṣiṇāśāstraṃ guṇatvāt pratyaha karmabhedaḥ syāt
The line
In ahīna (अहीन), a compound: the gift to the priests, and a teaching, a treatise, because of a compound: a quality, and the state of being that, pratyaha (प्रत्यह), a compound: action, and a difference, 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: ahīne (अहीने) + dakṣiṇā-śāstraṃ (दक्षिणा-शास्त्रं) + guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) + pratyaha (प्रत्यह) + karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahīne (अहीने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | ahīna (अहीन) |
| dakṣiṇā-śāstraṃ (दक्षिणा-शास्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: the gift to the priests, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end |
| guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| pratyaha (प्रत्यह) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ahīne (अहीने) is ahīna (अहीन). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. dakṣiṇā-śāstraṃ (दक्षिणा-शास्त्रं) is a compound: the gift to the priests, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) is a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
pratyaha (प्रत्यह) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) is a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dakṣiṇā-śāstraṃ (दक्षिणा-शास्त्रं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ahīne (अहीने) and dakṣiṇā-śāstraṃ (दक्षिणा-शास्त्रं).