10.8.54
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.54
अपि वा पौर्णमास्यां स्यात् प्रधानशब्दसंयोगाद् गुणत्वान् मन्त्रो यथा प्रधानं स्यात्
api vā paurṇamāsyāṃ syāt pradhānaśabdasaṃyogād guṇatvān mantro yathā pradhānaṃ syāt
The line
Even or, of paurṇamāsya (पौर्णमास्य), it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), a word, and conjunction, a compound: a quality, and the state of being that, a mantra, as, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), 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) + vā (वा) + paurṇamāsyāṃ (पौर्णमास्यां) + syāt (स्यात्) + pradhāna-śabda-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-शब्द-संयोगात्) + guṇa-tvān (गुण-त्वान्) + mantraḥ (मन्त्रः) + yathā (यथा) + pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| paurṇamāsyāṃ (पौर्णमास्यां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | paurṇamāsya (पौर्णमास्य) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| pradhāna-śabda-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-शब्द-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), a word, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| guṇa-tvān (गुण-त्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| mantraḥ (मन्त्रः) | nominative singular, masculine | a mantra |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. paurṇamāsyāṃ (पौर्णमास्यां) is paurṇamāsya (पौर्णमास्य). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. pradhāna-śabda-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-शब्द-संयोगात्) is a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), a word, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pradhānaśabdasaṃyogād (प्रधानशब्दसंयोगाद्).
guṇa-tvān (गुण-त्वान्) is a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. mantraḥ (मन्त्रः) is a mantra. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it mantro. yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं) is the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य). It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pradhāna-śabda-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-शब्द-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pradhānaśabdasaṃyogād (प्रधानशब्दसंयोगाद्). The line writes it mantro.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paurṇamāsyāṃ (पौर्णमास्यां) and syāt (स्यात्).