10.7.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.4
आज्यभागवद् वा निर्देशात् परिसंख्या स्यात्
ājyabhāgavad vā nirdeśāt parisaṃkhyā syāt
The line
A compound: clarified butter, bhāga (भाग), and vada (वद) or, because of a statement of what the rule is, a limitation that excludes, 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: ājya-bhāga-vada (आज्य-भाग-वद) + vā (वा) + nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) + parisaṃkhyā (परिसंख्या) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ājya-bhāga-vada (आज्य-भाग-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: clarified butter, bhāga (भाग), and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) | ablative singular | a statement of what the rule is |
| parisaṃkhyā (परिसंख्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a limitation that excludes |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ājya-bhāga-vada (आज्य-भाग-वद) is a compound: clarified butter, bhāga (भाग), and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) is a statement of what the rule is. It stands as ablative singular.
parisaṃkhyā (परिसंख्या) is a limitation that excludes. 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
ājya-bhāga-vada (आज्य-भाग-वद) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ājya-bhāga-vada (आज्य-भाग-वद) and nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्).