10.7.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.14
अशास्त्रत्वात् तु नैवं स्यात्
aśāstratvāt tu naivaṃ syāt
The line
Because of aśāstratva (अशास्त्रत्व) but, not thus, 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 line is short. śeṣe (शेषे) from 10.7.13 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: aśāstratvāt (अशास्त्रत्वात्) + tu (तु) + na (न) + evaṃ (एवं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aśāstratvāt (अशास्त्रत्वात्) | ablative singular | aśāstratva (अशास्त्रत्व) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
aśāstratvāt (अशास्त्रत्वात्) is aśāstratva (अशास्त्रत्व). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
aśāstratvāt (अशास्त्रत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśāstratvāt (अशास्त्रत्वात्) and syāt (स्यात्).