11.4.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.27
अपि वेन्द्राभिधानत्वात् सकृत् स्यादुपलक्षणं कालस्य लक्षणार्थत्वात्
api vendrābhidhānatvāt sakṛt syād upalakṣaṇaṃ kālasya lakṣaṇārthatvāt
The line
Even, because of vendrābhidhānatva (वेन्द्राभिधानत्व), once, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, upalakṣaṇa (उपलक्षण), of time, because of a compound: a mark, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.
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) + vendrābhidhānatvāt (वेन्द्राभिधानत्वात्) + sakṛt (सकृत्) + syād (स्याद्) + upalakṣaṇaṃ (उपलक्षणं) + kālasya (कालस्य) + lakṣaṇa-artha-tvāt (लक्षण-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vendrābhidhānatvāt (वेन्द्राभिधानत्वात्) | ablative singular | vendrābhidhānatva (वेन्द्राभिधानत्व) |
| sakṛt (सकृत्) | indeclinable | once |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| upalakṣaṇaṃ (उपलक्षणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | upalakṣaṇa (उपलक्षण) |
| kālasya (कालस्य) | genitive singular | time |
| lakṣaṇa-artha-tvāt (लक्षण-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a mark, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vendrābhidhānatvāt (वेन्द्राभिधानत्वात्) is vendrābhidhānatva (वेन्द्राभिधानत्व). It stands as ablative singular. sakṛt (सकृत्) is once. It stands as indeclinable. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular.
upalakṣaṇaṃ (उपलक्षणं) is upalakṣaṇa (उपलक्षण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kālasya (कालस्य) is time. It stands as genitive singular. lakṣaṇa-artha-tvāt (लक्षण-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a mark, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vendrābhidhānatvāt (वेन्द्राभिधानत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vendrābhidhānatvāt (वेन्द्राभिधानत्वात्) and sakṛt (सकृत्).