10.7.68
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.68
विरोधिनाञ् च तच्छ्रुतावशब्दत्वाद् विकल्पः स्यात्
virodhināñ ca tacchrutāv aśabdatvād vikalpaḥ syāt
The line
virodhināñ (विरोधिनाञ्) and, tacchrutāv (तच्छ्रुताव्), because of aśabdatva (अशब्दत्व), an alternative, a division, 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: virodhināñ (विरोधिनाञ्) + ca (च) + tacchrutāv (तच्छ्रुताव्) + aśabdatvād (अशब्दत्वाद्) + vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| virodhināñ (विरोधिनाञ्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tacchrutāv (तच्छ्रुताव्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| aśabdatvād (अशब्दत्वाद्) | ablative singular | aśabdatva (अशब्दत्व) |
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
virodhināñ (विरोधिनाञ्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tacchrutāv (तच्छ्रुताव्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
aśabdatvād (अशब्दत्वाद्) is aśabdatva (अशब्दत्व). It stands as ablative singular. vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. 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
virodhināñ (विरोधिनाञ्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss virodhināñ (विरोधिनाञ्) and tacchrutāv (तच्छ्रुताव्).