12.1.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.26
शेषवदिति चेन् न वैश्वदेवो हि स्याद् व्यपदेशात्
śeṣavad iti cen na vaiśvadevo hi syād vyapadeśāt
The line
If you say that a compound: the rest, what remains over, and vada (वद), no, vaiśvadeva (वैश्वदेव), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of a designation.
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: śeṣa-vada (शेष-वद) + iti (इति) + cen (चेन्) + na (न) + vaiśvadevo (वैश्वदेवो) + hi (हि) + syād (स्याद्) + vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śeṣa-vada (शेष-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cen (चेन्) | indeclinable | if you say. cet before n |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vaiśvadevo (वैश्वदेवो) | nominative singular, masculine | vaiśvadeva (वैश्वदेव) |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) | ablative singular | a designation |
The phrases
śeṣa-vada (शेष-वद) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cen (चेन्) is if you say. cet before n. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
vaiśvadevo (वैश्वदेवो) is vaiśvadeva (वैश्वदेव). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) is a designation. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vaiśvadevo (वैश्वदेवो) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣa-vada (शेष-वद) and vaiśvadevo (वैश्वदेवो).
Next
12.1.27. Not because of a compound: a quality, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.