11.4.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.30
भेदस् तु सन्देहाद् देवतान्तरे स्यात्
bhedas tu sandehād devatāntare syāt
The line
A difference but, because of sandeha (सन्देह), in a compound: a deity, and a difference, an interval, 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: bhedaḥ (भेदः) + tu (तु) + sandehād (सन्देहाद्) + devatā-antare (देवता-अन्तरे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhedaḥ (भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a difference |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| sandehād (सन्देहाद्) | ablative singular | sandeha (सन्देह) |
| devatā-antare (देवता-अन्तरे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a deity, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
bhedaḥ (भेदः) is a difference. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it bhedas. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. sandehād (सन्देहाद्) is sandeha (सन्देह). It stands as ablative singular.
devatā-antare (देवता-अन्तरे) is a compound: a deity, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
devatā-antare (देवता-अन्तरे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it bhedas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhedaḥ (भेदः) and sandehād (सन्देहाद्).