11.2.53

Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.53

वपानां चानभिघारणस्य दर्शनात्

vapānāṃ cānabhighāraṇasya darśanāt

The line

Of vapa (वप), of cānabhighāraṇa (चानभिघारण), because of from seeing, because one sees.

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: vapānāṃ (वपानां) + cānabhighāraṇasya (चानभिघारणस्य) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
vapānāṃ (वपानां)genitive pluralvapa (वप)
cānabhighāraṇasya (चानभिघारणस्य)genitive singularcānabhighāraṇa (चानभिघारण)
darśanāt (दर्शनात्)ablative singularfrom seeing, because one sees

The phrases

vapānāṃ (वपानां) is vapa (वप). It stands as genitive plural. cānabhighāraṇasya (चानभिघारणस्य) is cānabhighāraṇa (चानभिघारण). It stands as genitive singular.

darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular.

Sanskrit in this line

cānabhighāraṇasya (चानभिघारणस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss vapānāṃ (वपानां) and cānabhighāraṇasya (चानभिघारणस्य).

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