10.7.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.25
अपि वाग्नेयवद् द्विशब्दत्वं स्यात्
api vāgneyavad dviśabdatvaṃ syāt
The line
Even, vāgneyavad (वाग्नेयवद्), a compound: two, a word, and the state of being that, 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: api (अपि) + vāgneyavad (वाग्नेयवद्) + dvi-śabda-tvaṃ (द्वि-शब्द-त्वं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vāgneyavad (वाग्नेयवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| dvi-śabda-tvaṃ (द्वि-शब्द-त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: two, a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vāgneyavad (वाग्नेयवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
dvi-śabda-tvaṃ (द्वि-शब्द-त्वं) is a compound: two, a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dvi-śabda-tvaṃ (द्वि-शब्द-त्वं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vāgneyavad (वाग्नेयवद्) and dvi-śabda-tvaṃ (द्वि-शब्द-त्वं).
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