11.2.63
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.63
निष्कासस्यावभृथे तदेकदेशत्वात् पशुवत् प्रदानविप्रकर्षः स्यात्
niṣkāsasyāvabhṛthe tadekadeśatvāt paśuvat pradānaviprakarṣaḥ syāt
The line
In niṣkāsasyāvabhṛtha (निष्कासस्यावभृथ), a compound: tadeka (तदेक), a place, and tvāta (त्वात), a compound: an animal offering, and possessing, pradānaviprakarṣa (प्रदानविप्रकर्ष), 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: niṣkāsasyāvabhṛthe (निष्कासस्यावभृथे) + tadeka-deśa-tvāta (तदेक-देश-त्वात) + paśu-vat (पशु-वत्) + pradānaviprakarṣaḥ (प्रदानविप्रकर्षः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niṣkāsasyāvabhṛthe (निष्कासस्यावभृथे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | niṣkāsasyāvabhṛtha (निष्कासस्यावभृथ) |
| tadeka-deśa-tvāta (तदेक-देश-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: tadeka (तदेक), a place, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
| paśu-vat (पशु-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an animal offering, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| pradānaviprakarṣaḥ (प्रदानविप्रकर्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | pradānaviprakarṣa (प्रदानविप्रकर्ष) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
niṣkāsasyāvabhṛthe (निष्कासस्यावभृथे) is niṣkāsasyāvabhṛtha (निष्कासस्यावभृथ). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tadeka-deśa-tvāta (तदेक-देश-त्वात) is a compound: tadeka (तदेक), a place, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. paśu-vat (पशु-वत्) is a compound: an animal offering, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
pradānaviprakarṣaḥ (प्रदानविप्रकर्षः) is pradānaviprakarṣa (प्रदानविप्रकर्ष). 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
niṣkāsasyāvabhṛthe (निष्कासस्यावभृथे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niṣkāsasyāvabhṛthe (निष्कासस्यावभृथे) and tadeka-deśa-tvāta (तदेक-देश-त्वात).