10.6.71
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.71
विभज्य तु संस्कारवचनाद् द्वादशाहवत्
vibhajya tu saṃskāravacanād dvādaśāhavat
The line
vibhajya (विभज्य) but, because of a compound: a compounded thing, and a statement, dvādaśāhavat (द्वादशाहवत्).
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: vibhajya (विभज्य) + tu (तु) + saṃskāra-vacanāt (संस्कार-वचनात्) + dvādaśāhavat (द्वादशाहवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vibhajya (विभज्य) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| saṃskāra-vacanāt (संस्कार-वचनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a compounded thing, and a statement. Read it from the end |
| dvādaśāhavat (द्वादशाहवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
vibhajya (विभज्य) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
saṃskāra-vacanāt (संस्कार-वचनात्) is a compound: a compounded thing, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it saṃskāravacanād (संस्कारवचनाद्). dvādaśāhavat (द्वादशाहवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃskāra-vacanāt (संस्कार-वचनात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it saṃskāravacanād (संस्कारवचनाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vibhajya (विभज्य) and saṃskāra-vacanāt (संस्कार-वचनात्).