11.3.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.12
अहर्गणे विषाणाप्रासनं धर्मविप्रतिषेधादन्ते प्रथमे वाहनि विकल्पः स्यात्
ahargaṇe viṣāṇāprāsanaṃ dharmavipratiṣedhād ante prathame vāhani vikalpaḥ syāt
The line
In in a sequence of days, viṣāṇāprāsana (विषाणाप्रासन), because of a compound: dharma, a property, and a conflict between two rules, in at the end, in first, in vāhana (वाहन), an alternative, a division, 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: ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) + viṣāṇāprāsanaṃ (विषाणाप्रासनं) + dharma-vipratiṣedhāt (धर्म-विप्रतिषेधात्) + ante (अन्ते) + prathame (प्रथमे) + vāhani (वाहनि) + vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) | locative singular | in a sequence of days |
| viṣāṇāprāsanaṃ (विषाणाप्रासनं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | viṣāṇāprāsana (विषाणाप्रासन) |
| dharma-vipratiṣedhāt (धर्म-विप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a compound: dharma, a property, and a conflict between two rules. Read it from the end |
| ante (अन्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end |
| prathame (प्रथमे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | first |
| vāhani (वाहनि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | vāhana (वाहन) |
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) is in a sequence of days. It stands as locative singular. viṣāṇāprāsanaṃ (विषाणाप्रासनं) is viṣāṇāprāsana (विषाणाप्रासन). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. dharma-vipratiṣedhāt (धर्म-विप्रतिषेधात्) is a compound: dharma, a property, and a conflict between two rules. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it dharmavipratiṣedhād (धर्मविप्रतिषेधाद्). ante (अन्ते) is at the end. It stands as locative singular, masculine.
prathame (प्रथमे) is first. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vāhani (वाहनि) is vāhana (वाहन). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. 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
dharma-vipratiṣedhāt (धर्म-विप्रतिषेधात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it dharmavipratiṣedhād (धर्मविप्रतिषेधाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) and viṣāṇāprāsanaṃ (विषाणाप्रासनं).