10.6.72
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.72
लिङ्गेन द्रव्यनिर्देशे सर्वत्र प्रत्ययः स्याल् लिङ्गस्य सर्वगामित्वादाग्नेयवत्
liṅgena dravyanirdeśe sarvatra pratyayaḥ syāl liṅgasya sarvagāmitvād āgneyavat
The line
By means of a mark, in a compound: a substance, and a statement of what the rule is, everywhere, a condition, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before l, of of a mark, because of a compound: all, and gāmitva (गामित्व), āgneyavat (आग्नेयवत्).
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: liṅgena (लिङ्गेन) + dravya-nirdeśe (द्रव्य-निर्देशे) + sarvatra (सर्वत्र) + pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः) + syāl (स्याल्) + liṅgasya (लिङ्गस्य) + sarva-gāmitvāt (सर्व-गामित्वात्) + āgneyavat (आग्नेयवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅgena (लिङ्गेन) | instrumental singular | a mark |
| dravya-nirdeśe (द्रव्य-निर्देशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a substance, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end |
| sarvatra (सर्वत्र) | indeclinable | everywhere |
| pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः) | nominative singular, masculine | a condition |
| syāl (स्याल्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before l |
| liṅgasya (लिङ्गस्य) | genitive singular | of a mark |
| sarva-gāmitvāt (सर्व-गामित्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: all, and gāmitva (गामित्व). Read it from the end |
| āgneyavat (आग्नेयवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
liṅgena (लिङ्गेन) is a mark. It stands as instrumental singular. dravya-nirdeśe (द्रव्य-निर्देशे) is a compound: a substance, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. sarvatra (सर्वत्र) is everywhere. It stands as indeclinable. pratyayaḥ (प्रत्ययः) is a condition. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāl (स्याल्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before l. It stands as optative, third person singular. liṅgasya (लिङ्गस्य) is of a mark. It stands as genitive singular. sarva-gāmitvāt (सर्व-गामित्वात्) is a compound: all, and gāmitva (गामित्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it sarvagāmitvād (सर्वगामित्वाद्). āgneyavat (आग्नेयवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
dravya-nirdeśe (द्रव्य-निर्देशे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it sarvagāmitvād (सर्वगामित्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅgena (लिङ्गेन) and dravya-nirdeśe (द्रव्य-निर्देशे).