11.1.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.24
अपि वा संप्रयोगे यथाकामी प्रतीयेताश्रुतित्वाद् विधिषु वचनानि स्युः
api vā saṃprayoge yathākāmī pratīyetāśrutitvād vidhiṣu vacanāni syuḥ
The line
Even or, in a compound: saṃpra (संप्र), and a joining, as one desires, a compound: pratī (प्रती), yetā (येता), scripture, and tvāda (त्वाद), in an injunction, a statement, they would be.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. 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) + saṃpra-yoge (संप्र-योगे) + yathākāmī (यथाकामी) + pratī-yetā-śruti-tvāda (प्रती-येता-श्रुति-त्वाद) + vidhiṣu (विधिषु) + vacanāni (वचनानि) + syuḥ (स्युः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| saṃpra-yoge (संप्र-योगे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: saṃpra (संप्र), and a joining. Read it from the end |
| yathākāmī (यथाकामी) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | as one desires |
| pratī-yetā-śruti-tvāda (प्रती-येता-श्रुति-त्वाद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: pratī (प्रती), yetā (येता), scripture, and tvāda (त्वाद). Read it from the end |
| vidhiṣu (विधिषु) | locative plural | an injunction |
| vacanāni (वचनानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | a statement |
| syuḥ (स्युः) | optative, third person plural | they would be |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. saṃpra-yoge (संप्र-योगे) is a compound: saṃpra (संप्र), and a joining. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. yathākāmī (यथाकामी) is as one desires. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine.
pratī-yetā-śruti-tvāda (प्रती-येता-श्रुति-त्वाद) is a compound: pratī (प्रती), yetā (येता), scripture, and tvāda (त्वाद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. vidhiṣu (विधिषु) is an injunction. It stands as locative plural. vacanāni (वचनानि) is a statement. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. syuḥ (स्युः) is they would be. It stands as optative, third person plural.
Sanskrit in this line
pratī-yetā-śruti-tvāda (प्रती-येता-श्रुति-त्वाद) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃpra-yoge (संप्र-योगे) and yathākāmī (यथाकामी).
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