10.8.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.36
न त्वनित्याधिकारोऽस्ति विधौ नित्येन सम्बन्धस् तस्मादवाक्यशेषत्वम्
na tv anityādhikāro 'sti vidhau nityena sambandhas tasmād avākyaśeṣatvam
The line
Not the state of being that, a compound: not eternal, and eligibility, is, an injunction, by means of eternal, a connection, therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: avākya (अवाक्य), the rest, what remains over, and tvama (त्वम).
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: na (न) + tva (त्व) + anitya-adhikāro (अनित्य-अधिकारो) + asti (अस्ति) + vidhau (विधौ) + nityena (नित्येन) + sambandhaḥ (सम्बन्धः) + tasmād (तस्माद्) + avākya-śeṣa-tvama (अवाक्य-शेष-त्वम)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| anitya-adhikāro (अनित्य-अधिकारो) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: not eternal, and eligibility. Read it from the end |
| asti (अस्ति) | present, third person singular | is |
| vidhau (विधौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | an injunction |
| nityena (नित्येन) | instrumental singular | eternal |
| sambandhaḥ (सम्बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | a connection |
| tasmād (तस्माद्) | indeclinable | therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound |
| avākya-śeṣa-tvama (अवाक्य-शेष-त्वम) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: avākya (अवाक्य), the rest, what remains over, and tvama (त्वम). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. anitya-adhikāro (अनित्य-अधिकारो) is a compound: not eternal, and eligibility. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. asti (अस्ति) is is. It stands as present, third person singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. vidhau (विधौ) is an injunction. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular.
nityena (नित्येन) is eternal. It stands as instrumental singular. sambandhaḥ (सम्बन्धः) is a connection. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it sambandhas. tasmād (तस्माद्) is therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. avākya-śeṣa-tvama (अवाक्य-शेष-त्वम) is a compound: avākya (अवाक्य), the rest, what remains over, and tvama (त्वम). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
avākya-śeṣa-tvama (अवाक्य-शेष-त्वम) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The line writes it sambandhas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tva (त्व) and anitya-adhikāro (अनित्य-अधिकारो).