12.1.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.42
देशपृथक्त्वान् मन्त्रो व्यावर्तते
deśapṛthaktvān mantro vyāvartate
The line
A compound: a place, and separateness, a mantra, in vyāvartata (व्यावर्तत).
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: deśa-pṛthaktvān (देश-पृथक्त्वान्) + mantraḥ (मन्त्रः) + vyāvartate (व्यावर्तते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| deśa-pṛthaktvān (देश-पृथक्त्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a place, and separateness. Read it from the end |
| mantraḥ (मन्त्रः) | nominative singular, masculine | a mantra |
| vyāvartate (व्यावर्तते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vyāvartata (व्यावर्तत) |
The phrases
deśa-pṛthaktvān (देश-पृथक्त्वान्) is a compound: a place, and separateness. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. mantraḥ (मन्त्रः) is a mantra. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it mantro.
vyāvartate (व्यावर्तते) is vyāvartata (व्यावर्तत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
deśa-pṛthaktvān (देश-पृथक्त्वान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it mantro.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss deśa-pṛthaktvān (देश-पृथक्त्वान्) and mantraḥ (मन्त्रः).
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