12.2.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.13
योगाद् वा यज्ञाय तद्विमोके विसर्गः स्यात्
yogād vā yajñāya tadvimoke visargaḥ syāt
The line
Because of a joining or, for a sacrifice, in tadvimoka (तद्विमोक), visarga (विसर्ग), 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: yogāt (योगात्) + vā (वा) + yajñāya (यज्ञाय) + tadvimoke (तद्विमोके) + visargaḥ (विसर्गः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yogāt (योगात्) | ablative singular | a joining |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| yajñāya (यज्ञाय) | dative singular | a sacrifice |
| tadvimoke (तद्विमोके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | tadvimoka (तद्विमोक) |
| visargaḥ (विसर्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | visarga (विसर्ग) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
yogāt (योगात्) is a joining. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it yogād (योगाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. yajñāya (यज्ञाय) is a sacrifice. It stands as dative singular.
tadvimoke (तद्विमोके) is tadvimoka (तद्विमोक). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. visargaḥ (विसर्गः) is visarga (विसर्ग). 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
tadvimoke (तद्विमोके) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it yogād (योगाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yogāt (योगात्) and yajñāya (यज्ञाय).