11.1.28
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.28
धर्ममात्रे त्वदर्शनाच् छब्दार्थेनापवर्गः स्यात्
dharmamātre tv adarśanāc chabdārthenāpavargaḥ syāt
The line
In a compound: dharma, a property, and mātra (मात्र), the state of being that, because of adarśana (अदर्शन), chabdārthenāpavarga (छब्दार्थेनापवर्ग), it would be, let it be granted.
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: dharma-mātre (धर्म-मात्रे) + tva (त्व) + adarśanāc (अदर्शनाच्) + chabdārthenāpavargaḥ (छब्दार्थेनापवर्गः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dharma-mātre (धर्म-मात्रे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: dharma, a property, and mātra (मात्र). Read it from the end |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| adarśanāc (अदर्शनाच्) | ablative singular | adarśana (अदर्शन) |
| chabdārthenāpavargaḥ (छब्दार्थेनापवर्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | chabdārthenāpavarga (छब्दार्थेनापवर्ग) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
dharma-mātre (धर्म-मात्रे) is a compound: dharma, a property, and mātra (मात्र). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. adarśanāc (अदर्शनाच्) is adarśana (अदर्शन). It stands as ablative singular.
chabdārthenāpavargaḥ (छब्दार्थेनापवर्गः) is chabdārthenāpavarga (छब्दार्थेनापवर्ग). 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
chabdārthenāpavargaḥ (छब्दार्थेनापवर्गः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dharma-mātre (धर्म-मात्रे) and tva (त्व).