10.8.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.4
अपि तु वाक्यशेषः स्यादन्याय्यत्वाद् विकल्पस्य विधीनामेकदेशः स्यात्
api tu vākyaśeṣaḥ syād anyāyyatvād vikalpasya vidhīnām ekadeśaḥ syāt
The line
Even but, a compound: a sentence, and the rest, what remains over, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of anyāyyatva (अन्याय्यत्व), of an alternative, a division, of an injunction, one part, 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-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) + syād (स्याद्) + anyāyyatvād (अन्याय्यत्वाद्) + vikalpasya (विकल्पस्य) + vidhīnām (विधीनाम्) + ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sentence, and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| anyāyyatvād (अन्याय्यत्वाद्) | ablative singular | anyāyyatva (अन्याय्यत्व) |
| vikalpasya (विकल्पस्य) | genitive singular | an alternative, a division |
| vidhīnām (विधीनाम्) | genitive plural | an injunction |
| ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | one part |
| 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-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. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. anyāyyatvād (अन्याय्यत्वाद्) is anyāyyatva (अन्याय्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
vikalpasya (विकल्पस्य) is an alternative, a division. It stands as genitive singular. vidhīnām (विधीनाम्) is an injunction. It stands as genitive plural. ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) is one part. 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
vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) and syād (स्याद्).