10.8.53
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.53
विष्णुर् वा स्याद् धौत्राम्नानादमावास्याहविश् च स्याद् धौत्रस्य तत्र दर्शनात्
viṣṇur vā syād dhautrāmnānād amāvāsyāhaviś ca syād dhautrasya tatra darśanāt
The line
viṣṇur (विष्णुर्) or, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of dhautrāmnāna (धौत्राम्नान), amāvāsyāhaviś (अमावास्याहविश्) and, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of dhautra (धौत्र), there, because of from seeing, because one sees.
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: viṣṇur (विष्णुर्) + vā (वा) + syād (स्याद्) + dhautrāmnānād (धौत्राम्नानाद्) + amāvāsyāhaviś (अमावास्याहविश्) + ca (च) + syād (स्याद्) + dhautrasya (धौत्रस्य) + tatra (तत्र) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viṣṇur (विष्णुर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| dhautrāmnānād (धौत्राम्नानाद्) | ablative singular | dhautrāmnāna (धौत्राम्नान) |
| amāvāsyāhaviś (अमावास्याहविश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| dhautrasya (धौत्रस्य) | genitive singular | dhautra (धौत्र) |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
The phrases
viṣṇur (विष्णुर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. dhautrāmnānād (धौत्राम्नानाद्) is dhautrāmnāna (धौत्राम्नान). It stands as ablative singular. amāvāsyāhaviś (अमावास्याहविश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. dhautrasya (धौत्रस्य) is dhautra (धौत्र). It stands as genitive singular. tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dhautrāmnānād (धौत्राम्नानाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss viṣṇur (विष्णुर्) and syād (स्याद्).