10.8.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.19
वाक्यशेषो वा क्रतुना ग्रहणात् स्यादनारभ्यविधानस्य
vākyaśeṣo vā kratunā grahaṇāt syād anārabhyavidhānasya
The line
A compound: a sentence, and the rest, what remains over or, by means of a rite, because of a grasping, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of a compound: anāra (अनार), bhya (भ्य), and a rule.
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: vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) + vā (वा) + kratunā (क्रतुना) + grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) + syād (स्याद्) + anāra-bhya-vidhānasya (अनार-भ्य-विधानस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sentence, and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kratunā (क्रतुना) | instrumental singular | a rite |
| grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) | ablative singular | a grasping |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| anāra-bhya-vidhānasya (अनार-भ्य-विधानस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: anāra (अनार), bhya (भ्य), and a rule. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) is a compound: a sentence, and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vākyaśeṣo (वाक्यशेषो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. kratunā (क्रतुना) is a rite. It stands as instrumental singular.
grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) is a grasping. It stands as ablative singular. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. anāra-bhya-vidhānasya (अनार-भ्य-विधानस्य) is a compound: anāra (अनार), bhya (भ्य), and a rule. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anāra-bhya-vidhānasya (अनार-भ्य-विधानस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vākyaśeṣo (वाक्यशेषो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) and kratunā (क्रतुना).