12.1.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.4
विकाराच् च न भेदः स्यादर्थस्याविकृतत्वात्
vikārāc ca na bhedaḥ syād arthasyāvikṛtatvāt
The line
Because of from a transformation and, not a difference, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, syāvikṛ (स्याविकृ), and tatva (तत्व).
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: vikārāt (विकारात्) + ca (च) + na (न) + bhedaḥ (भेदः) + syād (स्याद्) + artha-syāvikṛ-tatvāt (अर्थ-स्याविकृ-तत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikārāt (विकारात्) | ablative singular | from a transformation |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| bhedaḥ (भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a difference |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| artha-syāvikṛ-tatvāt (अर्थ-स्याविकृ-तत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, syāvikṛ (स्याविकृ), and tatva (तत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
vikārāt (विकारात्) is from a transformation. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vikārāc (विकाराच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
bhedaḥ (भेदः) is a difference. 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. artha-syāvikṛ-tatvāt (अर्थ-स्याविकृ-तत्वात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, syāvikṛ (स्याविकृ), and tatva (तत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-syāvikṛ-tatvāt (अर्थ-स्याविकृ-तत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vikārāc (विकाराच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikārāt (विकारात्) and bhedaḥ (भेदः).