10.8.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.15
अपि तु वाक्यशेषत्वादितरपर्युदासः स्यात् प्रतिषेधे विकल्पः स्यात्
api tu vākyaśeṣatvād itaraparyudāsaḥ syāt pratiṣedhe vikalpaḥ syāt
The line
Even but, because of a compound: a sentence, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that, a compound: the other, paryu (पर्यु), and dāsa (दास), it would be, let it be granted, in a denial, 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: api (अपि) + tu (तु) + vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) + itara-paryu-dāsaḥ (इतर-पर्यु-दासः) + syāt (स्यात्) + pratiṣedhe (प्रतिषेधे) + vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a sentence, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| itara-paryu-dāsaḥ (इतर-पर्यु-दासः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the other, paryu (पर्यु), and dāsa (दास). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| pratiṣedhe (प्रतिषेधे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a denial |
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) is a compound: a sentence, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vākyaśeṣatvād (वाक्यशेषत्वाद्). itara-paryu-dāsaḥ (इतर-पर्यु-दासः) is a compound: the other, paryu (पर्यु), and dāsa (दास). 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. pratiṣedhe (प्रतिषेधे) is a denial. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. 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
itara-paryu-dāsaḥ (इतर-पर्यु-दासः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vākyaśeṣatvād (वाक्यशेषत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) and itara-paryu-dāsaḥ (इतर-पर्यु-दासः).