10.6.77
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.77
तत्राहर्गणेऽर्थाद् वासः प्रकृतिः स्यात्
tatrāhargaṇe 'rthād vāsaḥ prakṛtiḥ syāt
The line
There, in in a sequence of days, because of from the meaning, from the thing or, he, that, nature, the model, 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: tatra (तत्र) + ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) + arthāt (अर्थात्) + vā (वा) + saḥ (सः) + prakṛtiḥ (प्रकृतिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) | locative singular | in a sequence of days |
| arthāt (अर्थात्) | ablative singular | from the meaning, from the thing |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| saḥ (सः) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that |
| prakṛtiḥ (प्रकृतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | nature, the model |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) is in a sequence of days. It stands as locative singular. The line joins them as tatrāhargaṇe (तत्राहर्गणे). arthāt (अर्थात्) is from the meaning, from the thing. It stands as ablative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
saḥ (सः) is he, that. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as vāsaḥ (वासः). prakṛtiḥ (प्रकृतिः) is nature, the model. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The line joins them as tatrāhargaṇe (तत्राहर्गणे). The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The line joins them as vāsaḥ (वासः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tatra (तत्र) and ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे).