12.1.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.11
पात्रेषु च प्रसङ्गः स्याद् धोमार्थत्वात्
pātreṣu ca prasaṅgaḥ syād dhomārthatvāt
The line
In pātra (पात्र) and, an unwanted consequence, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of dhomārthatva (धोमार्थत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: pātreṣu (पात्रेषु) + ca (च) + prasaṅgaḥ (प्रसङ्गः) + syād (स्याद्) + dhomārthatvāt (धोमार्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pātreṣu (पात्रेषु) | locative plural | pātra (पात्र) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prasaṅgaḥ (प्रसङ्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | an unwanted consequence |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| dhomārthatvāt (धोमार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | dhomārthatva (धोमार्थत्व) |
The phrases
pātreṣu (पात्रेषु) is pātra (पात्र). It stands as locative plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. prasaṅgaḥ (प्रसङ्गः) is an unwanted consequence. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. dhomārthatvāt (धोमार्थत्वात्) is dhomārthatva (धोमार्थत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dhomārthatvāt (धोमार्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pātreṣu (पात्रेषु) and prasaṅgaḥ (प्रसङ्गः).