10.7.50
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.50
आज्यभागयोर् ग्रहणं वित्यानुवादो वा गृहमेधीयवत् स्यात्
ājyabhāgayor grahaṇaṃ vityānuvādo vā gṛhamedhīyavat syāt
The line
Of a compound: clarified butter, and bhāga (भाग), a grasping, a compound: vityānu (वित्यानु), and honest debate or, gṛhamedhīyavat (गृहमेधीयवत्), 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) + grahaṇaṃ (ग्रहणं) + vityānu-vādaḥ (वित्यानु-वादः) + vā (वा) + gṛhamedhīyavat (गृहमेधीयवत्) + 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 |
| grahaṇaṃ (ग्रहणं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a grasping |
| vityānu-vādaḥ (वित्यानु-वादः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: vityānu (वित्यानु), and honest debate. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| gṛhamedhīyavat (गृहमेधीयवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| 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). grahaṇaṃ (ग्रहणं) is a grasping. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vityānu-vādaḥ (वित्यानु-वादः) is a compound: vityānu (वित्यानु), and honest debate. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vityānuvādo (वित्यानुवादो).
vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. gṛhamedhīyavat (गृहमेधीयवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
gṛhamedhīyavat (गृहमेधीयवत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it ājyabhāgayor (आज्यभागयोर्). The line writes it vityānuvādo (वित्यानुवादो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ājya-bhāgayoḥ (आज्य-भागयोः) and grahaṇaṃ (ग्रहणं).