10.8.51
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.51
धर्माद् वा स्यात् प्रजापतिः
dharmād vā syāt prajāpatiḥ
The line
Because of from dharma or, it would be, let it be granted, prajāpata (प्रजापत).
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: dharmāt (धर्मात्) + vā (वा) + syāt (स्यात्) + prajāpatiḥ (प्रजापतिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dharmāt (धर्मात्) | ablative singular | from dharma |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prajāpatiḥ (प्रजापतिः) | nominative singular | prajāpata (प्रजापत) |
The phrases
dharmāt (धर्मात्) is from dharma. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it dharmād (धर्माद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. prajāpatiḥ (प्रजापतिः) is prajāpata (प्रजापत). It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prajāpatiḥ (प्रजापतिः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it dharmād (धर्माद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dharmāt (धर्मात्) and syāt (स्यात्).