10.7.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.24
विकृतौ प्राकृतस्य विधेर् ग्रहणात् पुनः श्रुतिरनर्थिका स्यात्
vikṛtau prākṛtasya vidher grahaṇāt punaḥ śrutir anarthikā syāt
The line
In in the variant rite, of belonging to the original, of an injunction, because of a grasping, again, scripture, anarthika (अनर्थिक), 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: vikṛtau (विकृतौ) + prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) + vidheḥ (विधेः) + grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) + punaḥ (पुनः) + śrutiḥ (श्रुतिः) + anarthikā (अनर्थिका) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikṛtau (विकृतौ) | locative singular | in the variant rite |
| prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) | genitive singular | belonging to the original |
| vidheḥ (विधेः) | genitive or ablative singular | an injunction |
| grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) | ablative singular | a grasping |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again |
| śrutiḥ (श्रुतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | scripture |
| anarthikā (अनर्थिका) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | anarthika (अनर्थिक) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vikṛtau (विकृतौ) is in the variant rite. It stands as locative singular. prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) is belonging to the original. It stands as genitive singular. vidheḥ (विधेः) is an injunction. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it vidher. grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) is a grasping. It stands as ablative singular.
punaḥ (पुनः) is again. It stands as indeclinable. śrutiḥ (श्रुतिः) is scripture. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. The line writes it śrutir (श्रुतिर्). anarthikā (अनर्थिका) is anarthika (अनर्थिक). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vidher. The line writes it śrutir (श्रुतिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikṛtau (विकृतौ) and prākṛtasya (प्राकृतस्य).