10.8.23

अग्न्यतिग्राह्यस्य विकृतावुपदेशादप्रवृत्तिः स्यात्

agnyatigrāhyasya vikṛtāv upadeśād apravṛttiḥ syāt

The line

Of a compound: fire, and atigrāhya (अतिग्राह्य), vikṛtāv (विकृताव्), because of teaching, apravṛtta (अप्रवृत्त), 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: agni-atigrāhyasya (अग्नि-अतिग्राह्यस्य) + vikṛtāv (विकृताव्) + upadeśāt (उपदेशात्) + apravṛttiḥ (अप्रवृत्तिः) + syāt (स्यात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
agni-atigrāhyasya (अग्नि-अतिग्राह्यस्य)	genitive singular	a compound: fire, and atigrāhya (अतिग्राह्य). Read it from the end
vikṛtāv (विकृताव्)	the form as the line writes it	this word, as the line writes it
upadeśāt (उपदेशात्)	ablative singular	teaching
apravṛttiḥ (अप्रवृत्तिः)	nominative singular	apravṛtta (अप्रवृत्त)
syāt (स्यात्)	optative, third person singular	it would be, let it be granted

The phrases

agni-atigrāhyasya (अग्नि-अतिग्राह्यस्य) is a compound: fire, and atigrāhya (अतिग्राह्य). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular. vikṛtāv (विकृताव्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. upadeśāt (उपदेशात्) is teaching. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it upadeśād (उपदेशाद्).

apravṛttiḥ (अप्रवृत्तिः) is apravṛtta (अप्रवृत्त). It stands as nominative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.

Sanskrit in this line

agni-atigrāhyasya (अग्नि-अतिग्राह्यस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it upadeśād (उपदेशाद्).

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss agni-atigrāhyasya (अग्नि-अतिग्राह्यस्य) and vikṛtāv (विकृताव्).

10.8.24. In māsa (मास), grahaṇañ (ग्रहणञ्) and, because of tadva (तद्व).