10.7.70
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.70
यद्यपि चतुरवत्तीति तु नियमे नोपपद्यते
yady api caturavattīti tu niyame nopapadyate
The line
If. yadi before a vowel even, in caturavattīta (चतुरवत्तीत) but, in a restriction, does not fit.
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: yady (यद्य्) + api (अपि) + caturavattīti (चतुरवत्तीति) + tu (तु) + niyame (नियमे) + nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yady (यद्य्) | indeclinable | if. yadi before a vowel |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| caturavattīti (चतुरवत्तीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | caturavattīta (चतुरवत्तीत) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| niyame (नियमे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a restriction |
| nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | does not fit |
The phrases
yady (यद्य्) is if. yadi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. caturavattīti (चतुरवत्तीति) is caturavattīta (चतुरवत्तीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. niyame (नियमे) is a restriction. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. nopapadyate (नोपपद्यते) is does not fit. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
caturavattīti (चतुरवत्तीति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss caturavattīti (चतुरवत्तीति) and niyame (नियमे).