11.1.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.3
अविधानात् तु नैवं स्यात्
avidhānāt tu naivaṃ syāt
The line
Because of avidhāna (अविधान) but, not thus, 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 line is short. śeṣa-vada (शेष-वद) from 11.1.2 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: avidhānāt (अविधानात्) + tu (तु) + na (न) + evaṃ (एवं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avidhānāt (अविधानात्) | ablative singular | avidhāna (अविधान) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
avidhānāt (अविधानात्) is avidhāna (अविधान). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
avidhānāt (अविधानात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss avidhānāt (अविधानात्) and syāt (स्यात्).