10.7.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.16
दातुस् त्वविद्यमानत्वादिडाभक्षविकारः स्याच् छेषं प्रत्यविशिष्टत्वात्
dātus tv avidyamānatvād iḍābhakṣavikāraḥ syāc cheṣaṃ pratyaviśiṣṭatvāt
The line
dātus (दातु), the state of being that, a compound: avidya (अविद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāda (त्वाद), a compound: iḍābhakṣa (इडाभक्ष), and a transformation, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c, cheṣa (छेष), because of a compound: toward, against, not set apart, and the state of being that.
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: dātus (दातु) + tva (त्व) + avidya-māna-tvāda (अविद्य-मान-त्वाद) + iḍābhakṣa-vikāraḥ (इडाभक्ष-विकारः) + syāc (स्याच्) + cheṣaṃ (छेषं) + prati-aviśiṣṭa-tvāt (प्रति-अविशिष्ट-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dātus (दातु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| avidya-māna-tvāda (अविद्य-मान-त्वाद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: avidya (अविद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāda (त्वाद). Read it from the end |
| iḍābhakṣa-vikāraḥ (इडाभक्ष-विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: iḍābhakṣa (इडाभक्ष), and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| syāc (स्याच्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c |
| cheṣaṃ (छेषं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | cheṣa (छेष) |
| prati-aviśiṣṭa-tvāt (प्रति-अविशिष्ट-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: toward, against, not set apart, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
dātus (दातु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. avidya-māna-tvāda (अविद्य-मान-त्वाद) is a compound: avidya (अविद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāda (त्वाद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. iḍābhakṣa-vikāraḥ (इडाभक्ष-विकारः) is a compound: iḍābhakṣa (इडाभक्ष), and a transformation. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāc (स्याच्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c. It stands as optative, third person singular. cheṣaṃ (छेषं) is cheṣa (छेष). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. prati-aviśiṣṭa-tvāt (प्रति-अविशिष्ट-त्वात्) is a compound: toward, against, not set apart, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-aviśiṣṭa-tvāt (प्रति-अविशिष्ट-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dātus (दातु) and tva (त्व).
Next
10.7.17. agnīdhaś (अग्नीधश्) and, vaniṣṭhur (वनिष्ठुर्), adhyūdhnīvat (अध्यूध्नीवत्).