11.1.34
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.34
पृथक्त्वाद् विधितः परिमाणं स्यात्
pṛthaktvād vidhitaḥ parimāṇaṃ syāt
The line
Because of separateness, a compound: an injunction, and taḥa (तःअ), measure, 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: pṛthaktvāt (पृथक्त्वात्) + vidhi-taḥa (विधि-तःअ) + parimāṇaṃ (परिमाणं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pṛthaktvāt (पृथक्त्वात्) | ablative singular | separateness |
| vidhi-taḥa (विधि-तःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an injunction, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end |
| parimāṇaṃ (परिमाणं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | measure |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
pṛthaktvāt (पृथक्त्वात्) is separateness. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pṛthaktvād (पृथक्त्वाद्). vidhi-taḥa (विधि-तःअ) is a compound: an injunction, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
parimāṇaṃ (परिमाणं) is measure. 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
pṛthaktvāt (पृथक्त्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pṛthaktvād (पृथक्त्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pṛthaktvāt (पृथक्त्वात्) and vidhi-taḥa (विधि-तःअ).