10.8.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.5
अपूर्वे चार्थवादः स्यात्
apūrve cārthavādaḥ syāt
The line
In the unseen, a compound: and, and praise, words that are not the command, 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: apūrve (अपूर्वे) + ca-arthavādaḥ (च-अर्थवादः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apūrve (अपूर्वे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the unseen |
| ca-arthavādaḥ (च-अर्थवादः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: and, and praise, words that are not the command. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
apūrve (अपूर्वे) is the unseen. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca-arthavādaḥ (च-अर्थवादः) is a compound: and, and praise, words that are not the command. Read it from the end. 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
ca-arthavādaḥ (च-अर्थवादः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apūrve (अपूर्वे) and ca-arthavādaḥ (च-अर्थवादः).
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