10.8.57
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.57
प्रतिषिद्ध्यविधानाद् वा विष्णुः समानदेशः स्यात्
pratiṣiddhyavidhānād vā viṣṇuḥ samānadeśaḥ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: toward, against, ṣiddhya (षिद्ध्य), and a rule or, viṣṇa (विष्ण), a compound: the same, and a place, 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: prati-ṣiddhya-vidhānāt (प्रति-षिद्ध्य-विधानात्) + vā (वा) + viṣṇuḥ (विष्णुः) + samāna-deśaḥ (समान-देशः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prati-ṣiddhya-vidhānāt (प्रति-षिद्ध्य-विधानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: toward, against, ṣiddhya (षिद्ध्य), and a rule. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| viṣṇuḥ (विष्णुः) | nominative singular | viṣṇa (विष्ण) |
| samāna-deśaḥ (समान-देशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the same, and a place. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
prati-ṣiddhya-vidhānāt (प्रति-षिद्ध्य-विधानात्) is a compound: toward, against, ṣiddhya (षिद्ध्य), and a rule. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pratiṣiddhyavidhānād (प्रतिषिद्ध्यविधानाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. viṣṇuḥ (विष्णुः) is viṣṇa (विष्ण). It stands as nominative singular.
samāna-deśaḥ (समान-देशः) is a compound: the same, and a place. 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
prati-ṣiddhya-vidhānāt (प्रति-षिद्ध्य-विधानात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pratiṣiddhyavidhānād (प्रतिषिद्ध्यविधानाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prati-ṣiddhya-vidhānāt (प्रति-षिद्ध्य-विधानात्) and viṣṇuḥ (विष्णुः).
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