11.4.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.16
अपि वा फलकर्तृसम्बन्धात् सह प्रयोगः स्यादाग्नेयाग्नीषोमीयवत्
api vā phalakartṛsambandhāt saha prayogaḥ syād āgneyāgnīṣomīyavat
The line
Even or, because of a compound: a fruit, an agent, and a connection, together with, a performance, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, āgneyāgnīṣomīyavat (आग्नेयाग्नीषोमीयवत्).
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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + phala-kartṛ-sambandhāt (फल-कर्तृ-सम्बन्धात्) + saha (सह) + prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) + syād (स्याद्) + āgneyāgnīṣomīyavat (आग्नेयाग्नीषोमीयवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| phala-kartṛ-sambandhāt (फल-कर्तृ-सम्बन्धात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a fruit, an agent, and a connection. Read it from the end |
| saha (सह) | indeclinable | together with |
| prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) | nominative singular, masculine | a performance |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| āgneyāgnīṣomīyavat (आग्नेयाग्नीषोमीयवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. phala-kartṛ-sambandhāt (फल-कर्तृ-सम्बन्धात्) is a compound: a fruit, an agent, and a connection. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. saha (सह) is together with. It stands as indeclinable.
prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) is a performance. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. āgneyāgnīṣomīyavat (आग्नेयाग्नीषोमीयवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
phala-kartṛ-sambandhāt (फल-कर्तृ-सम्बन्धात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss phala-kartṛ-sambandhāt (फल-कर्तृ-सम्बन्धात्) and saha (सह).