10.7.35
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.35
स्विष्टकृद्भक्षप्रतिषेधः स्यात् तुल्यकारणत्वात्
sviṣṭakṛdbhakṣapratiṣedhaḥ syāt tulyakāraṇatvāt
The line
A compound: sviṣṭa (स्विष्ट), kṛdbhakṣa (कृद्भक्ष), and a denial, it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: like, equal, a cause, 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: sviṣṭa-kṛdbhakṣa-pratiṣedhaḥ (स्विष्ट-कृद्भक्ष-प्रतिषेधः) + syāt (स्यात्) + tulya-kāraṇa-tvāt (तुल्य-कारण-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sviṣṭa-kṛdbhakṣa-pratiṣedhaḥ (स्विष्ट-कृद्भक्ष-प्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: sviṣṭa (स्विष्ट), kṛdbhakṣa (कृद्भक्ष), and a denial. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tulya-kāraṇa-tvāt (तुल्य-कारण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: like, equal, a cause, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sviṣṭa-kṛdbhakṣa-pratiṣedhaḥ (स्विष्ट-कृद्भक्ष-प्रतिषेधः) is a compound: sviṣṭa (स्विष्ट), kṛdbhakṣa (कृद्भक्ष), and a denial. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
tulya-kāraṇa-tvāt (तुल्य-कारण-त्वात्) is a compound: like, equal, a cause, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sviṣṭa-kṛdbhakṣa-pratiṣedhaḥ (स्विष्ट-कृद्भक्ष-प्रतिषेधः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sviṣṭa-kṛdbhakṣa-pratiṣedhaḥ (स्विष्ट-कृद्भक्ष-प्रतिषेधः) and syāt (स्यात्).