10.8.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.18
विकारे तु तदर्थं स्यात्
vikāre tu tadarthaṃ syāt
The line
In a transformation but, that, the thing, for the sake of, 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: vikāre (विकारे) + tu (तु) + tad (तद्) + arthaṃ (अर्थं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikāre (विकारे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a transformation |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| arthaṃ (अर्थं) | accusative singular | the thing, for the sake of |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vikāre (विकारे) is a transformation. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
arthaṃ (अर्थं) is the thing, for the sake of. It stands as accusative singular. The line joins them as tadarthaṃ (तदर्थं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vikāre (विकारे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as tadarthaṃ (तदर्थं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikāre (विकारे) and arthaṃ (अर्थं).