10.7.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.41
प्राप्तेर् वा पूर्वस्य वचनादतिक्रमः स्यात्
prāpter vā pūrvasya vacanād atikramaḥ syāt
The line
Of what already follows or, of the earlier, because of because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound, atikrama (अतिक्रम), 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: prāpteḥ (प्राप्तेः) + vā (वा) + pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) + vacanād (वचनाद्) + atikramaḥ (अतिक्रमः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāpteḥ (प्राप्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | what already follows |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) | genitive singular | the earlier |
| vacanād (वचनाद्) | ablative singular | because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound |
| atikramaḥ (अतिक्रमः) | nominative singular, masculine | atikrama (अतिक्रम) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
prāpteḥ (प्राप्तेः) is what already follows. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it prāpter (प्राप्तेर्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) is the earlier. It stands as genitive singular.
vacanād (वचनाद्) is because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as ablative singular. atikramaḥ (अतिक्रमः) is atikrama (अतिक्रम). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
atikramaḥ (अतिक्रमः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it prāpter (प्राप्तेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāpteḥ (प्राप्तेः) and pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य).