11.1.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.4
शेषस्य हि परार्थत्वाद् विधानात् प्रतिप्रधानभावः स्यात्
śeṣasya hi parārthatvād vidhānāt pratipradhānabhāvaḥ syāt
The line
Of the rest, what remains over. Because of because it is for another's sake, because of because of the rule, a compound: toward, against, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and a state, 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: śeṣasya (शेषस्य) + hi (हि) + parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) + vidhānāt (विधानात्) + prati-pradhāna-bhāvaḥ (प्रति-प्रधान-भावः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śeṣasya (शेषस्य) | genitive singular | the rest, what remains over |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for another's sake |
| vidhānāt (विधानात्) | ablative singular | because of the rule |
| prati-pradhāna-bhāvaḥ (प्रति-प्रधान-भावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and a state. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
śeṣasya (शेषस्य) is the rest, what remains over. It stands as genitive singular. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is because it is for another's sake. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it parārthatvād (परार्थत्वाद्).
vidhānāt (विधानात्) is because of the rule. It stands as ablative singular. prati-pradhāna-bhāvaḥ (प्रति-प्रधान-भावः) is a compound: toward, against, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and a state. 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-pradhāna-bhāvaḥ (प्रति-प्रधान-भावः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it parārthatvād (परार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣasya (शेषस्य) and parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्).