12.1.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.12
न्याय्यानि वा प्रयुक्तत्वादप्रयुक्ते प्रसङ्गः स्यात्
nyāyyāni vā prayuktatvād aprayukte prasaṅgaḥ syāt
The line
nyāyya (न्याय्य) or, because of a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that, in a compound: apra (अप्र), and fit, right, an unwanted consequence, it would be, let it be granted.
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: nyāyyāni (न्याय्यानि) + vā (वा) + prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) + apra-yukte (अप्र-युक्ते) + prasaṅgaḥ (प्रसङ्गः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nyāyyāni (न्याय्यानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | nyāyya (न्याय्य) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| apra-yukte (अप्र-युक्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: apra (अप्र), and fit, right. Read it from the end |
| prasaṅgaḥ (प्रसङ्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | an unwanted consequence |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
nyāyyāni (न्याय्यानि) is nyāyya (न्याय्य). It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) is a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prayuktatvād (प्रयुक्तत्वाद्).
apra-yukte (अप्र-युक्ते) is a compound: apra (अप्र), and fit, right. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. prasaṅgaḥ (प्रसङ्गः) is an unwanted consequence. 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
prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it prayuktatvād (प्रयुक्तत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nyāyyāni (न्याय्यानि) and prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्).