10.7.48
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.48
आज्यभागयोर् वा गुणत्वाच् छेषप्रतिषेधः स्यात्
ājyabhāgayor vā guṇatvāc cheṣapratiṣedhaḥ syāt
The line
Of a compound: clarified butter, and bhāga (भाग) or, because of a compound: a quality, and the state of being that, a compound: cheṣa (छेष), and a denial, 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-bhāgayoḥ (आज्य-भागयोः) + vā (वा) + guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) + cheṣa-pratiṣedhaḥ (छेष-प्रतिषेधः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ājya-bhāgayoḥ (आज्य-भागयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a compound: clarified butter, and bhāga (भाग). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| cheṣa-pratiṣedhaḥ (छेष-प्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: cheṣa (छेष), and a denial. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ājya-bhāgayoḥ (आज्य-भागयोः) is a compound: clarified butter, and bhāga (भाग). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line writes it ājyabhāgayor (आज्यभागयोर्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) is a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it guṇatvāc (गुणत्वाच्).
cheṣa-pratiṣedhaḥ (छेष-प्रतिषेधः) is a compound: cheṣa (छेष), 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.
Sanskrit in this line
cheṣa-pratiṣedhaḥ (छेष-प्रतिषेधः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it ājyabhāgayor (आज्यभागयोर्). The line writes it guṇatvāc (गुणत्वाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ājya-bhāgayoḥ (आज्य-भागयोः) and guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्).