10.6.63
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.63
पृषदाज्यवद् वाह्नां गुणशास्त्रं स्यात्
pṛṣadājyavad vāhnāṃ guṇaśāstraṃ syāt
The line
pṛṣadājyavad (पृषदाज्यवद्), of vāhna (वाह्न), a compound: a quality, and a teaching, a treatise, 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: pṛṣadājyavad (पृषदाज्यवद्) + vāhnāṃ (वाह्नां) + guṇa-śāstraṃ (गुण-शास्त्रं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pṛṣadājyavad (पृषदाज्यवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vāhnāṃ (वाह्नां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | vāhna (वाह्न) |
| guṇa-śāstraṃ (गुण-शास्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a quality, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
pṛṣadājyavad (पृषदाज्यवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vāhnāṃ (वाह्नां) is vāhna (वाह्न). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
guṇa-śāstraṃ (गुण-शास्त्रं) is a compound: a quality, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pṛṣadājyavad (पृषदाज्यवद्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pṛṣadājyavad (पृषदाज्यवद्) and vāhnāṃ (वाह्नां).