11.4.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.13
सहत्वे नित्यानुवादः स्यात्
sahatve nityānuvādaḥ syāt
The line
In a compound: with, and the state of being that, a compound: eternal, and a repetition, 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: saha-tve (सह-त्वे) + nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saha-tve (सह-त्वे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: with, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: eternal, and a repetition. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
saha-tve (सह-त्वे) is a compound: with, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) is a compound: eternal, and a repetition. 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
nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saha-tve (सह-त्वे) and nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः).