11.4.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.36
पक्तिभेदात् कुम्भीशूलवपाश्ररणीनां भेदः स्यात्
paktibhedāt kumbhīśūlavapāśraraṇīnāṃ bhedaḥ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: pakti (पक्ति), and a difference, of kumbhīśūlavapāśraraṇa (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्ररण), a difference, 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: pakti-bhedāt (पक्ति-भेदात्) + kumbhīśūlavapāśraraṇīnāṃ (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्ररणीनां) + bhedaḥ (भेदः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pakti-bhedāt (पक्ति-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: pakti (पक्ति), and a difference. Read it from the end |
| kumbhīśūlavapāśraraṇīnāṃ (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्ररणीनां) | genitive plural | kumbhīśūlavapāśraraṇa (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्ररण) |
| bhedaḥ (भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a difference |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
pakti-bhedāt (पक्ति-भेदात्) is a compound: pakti (पक्ति), and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. kumbhīśūlavapāśraraṇīnāṃ (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्ररणीनां) is kumbhīśūlavapāśraraṇa (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्ररण). 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.
Sanskrit in this line
kumbhīśūlavapāśraraṇīnāṃ (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्ररणीनां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pakti-bhedāt (पक्ति-भेदात्) and kumbhīśūlavapāśraraṇīnāṃ (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्ररणीनां).