11.4.47
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.47
एकस्य वा गुणविधिर् द्रव्यैकत्वात् तस्मात् सकृत् प्रयोगः स्यात्
ekasya vā guṇavidhir dravyaikatvāt tasmāt sakṛt prayogaḥ syāt
The line
Of one or, a compound: a quality, and vidha (विध), because of a compound: a substance, one, and the state of being that, because of from that, once, a performance, 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: ekasya (एकस्य) + vā (वा) + guṇa-vidhiḥ (गुण-विधिः) + dravya-eka-tvāt (द्रव्य-एक-त्वात्) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + sakṛt (सकृत्) + prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekasya (एकस्य) | genitive singular | one |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| guṇa-vidhiḥ (गुण-विधिः) | nominative singular | a compound: a quality, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end |
| dravya-eka-tvāt (द्रव्य-एक-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a substance, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| sakṛt (सकृत्) | indeclinable | once |
| prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) | nominative singular, masculine | a performance |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
ekasya (एकस्य) is one. It stands as genitive singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. guṇa-vidhiḥ (गुण-विधिः) is a compound: a quality, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it guṇavidhir (गुणविधिर्). dravya-eka-tvāt (द्रव्य-एक-त्वात्) is a compound: a substance, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular. sakṛt (सकृत्) is once. It stands as indeclinable. prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) is a performance. 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
dravya-eka-tvāt (द्रव्य-एक-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇavidhir (गुणविधिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekasya (एकस्य) and guṇa-vidhiḥ (गुण-विधिः).