11.4.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.33
अपि वा प्रतिपत्तित्वात् तन्त्रं स्यात् स्वत्वस्याश्रुतिभूतत्वात्
api vā pratipattitvāt tantraṃ syāt svatvasyāśrutibhūtatvāt
The line
Even or, because of a compound: an understanding, and the state of being that, a shared performance, it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: svatvasyā (स्वत्वस्या), scripture, and being already there.
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) + pratipatti-tvāt (प्रतिपत्ति-त्वात्) + tantraṃ (तन्त्रं) + syāt (स्यात्) + svatvasyā-śruti-bhūtatvāt (स्वत्वस्या-श्रुति-भूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pratipatti-tvāt (प्रतिपत्ति-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an understanding, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tantraṃ (तन्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a shared performance |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| svatvasyā-śruti-bhūtatvāt (स्वत्वस्या-श्रुति-भूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: svatvasyā (स्वत्वस्या), scripture, and being already there. Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. pratipatti-tvāt (प्रतिपत्ति-त्वात्) is a compound: an understanding, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
tantraṃ (तन्त्रं) is a shared performance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. svatvasyā-śruti-bhūtatvāt (स्वत्वस्या-श्रुति-भूतत्वात्) is a compound: svatvasyā (स्वत्वस्या), scripture, and being already there. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
svatvasyā-śruti-bhūtatvāt (स्वत्वस्या-श्रुति-भूतत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratipatti-tvāt (प्रतिपत्ति-त्वात्) and tantraṃ (तन्त्रं).
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