11.4.32
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.32
प्रतिपाद्यत्वाद् वसानां भेदः स्यात् स्वयाज्याप्रदानत्वात्
pratipādyatvād vasānāṃ bhedaḥ syāt svayājyāpradānatvāt
The line
Because of a compound: toward, against, and pādyatva (पाद्यत्व), of vasa (वस), a difference, it would be, let it be granted, because of svayājyāpradānatva (स्वयाज्याप्रदानत्व).
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: prati-pādyatvāt (प्रति-पाद्यत्वात्) + vasānāṃ (वसानां) + bhedaḥ (भेदः) + syāt (स्यात्) + svayājyāpradānatvāt (स्वयाज्याप्रदानत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prati-pādyatvāt (प्रति-पाद्यत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: toward, against, and pādyatva (पाद्यत्व). Read it from the end |
| vasānāṃ (वसानां) | genitive plural | vasa (वस) |
| bhedaḥ (भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a difference |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| svayājyāpradānatvāt (स्वयाज्याप्रदानत्वात्) | ablative singular | svayājyāpradānatva (स्वयाज्याप्रदानत्व) |
The phrases
prati-pādyatvāt (प्रति-पाद्यत्वात्) is a compound: toward, against, and pādyatva (पाद्यत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pratipādyatvād (प्रतिपाद्यत्वाद्). vasānāṃ (वसानां) is vasa (वस). It stands as genitive plural. bhedaḥ (भेदः) is a difference. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. svayājyāpradānatvāt (स्वयाज्याप्रदानत्वात्) is svayājyāpradānatva (स्वयाज्याप्रदानत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
svayājyāpradānatvāt (स्वयाज्याप्रदानत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pratipādyatvād (प्रतिपाद्यत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prati-pādyatvāt (प्रति-पाद्यत्वात्) and vasānāṃ (वसानां).