10.7.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.11
त्र्यङ्गैर् वा शरवद् विकारः स्यात्
tryaṅgair vā śaravad vikāraḥ syāt
The line
By means of a compound: three, and a limb, a subsidiary part or, śaravad (शरवद्), a transformation, 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: tri-aṅgaiḥ (त्रि-अङ्गैः) + vā (वा) + śaravad (शरवद्) + vikāraḥ (विकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tri-aṅgaiḥ (त्रि-अङ्गैः) | instrumental plural | a compound: three, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śaravad (शरवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
tri-aṅgaiḥ (त्रि-अङ्गैः) is a compound: three, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental plural. The line writes it tryaṅgair (त्र्यङ्गैर्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. śaravad (शरवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. 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
tri-aṅgaiḥ (त्रि-अङ्गैः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tryaṅgair (त्र्यङ्गैर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tri-aṅgaiḥ (त्रि-अङ्गैः) and śaravad (शरवद्).