12.2.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.18
वैगुण्यादिध्मबर्हिर् न साधयेदग्न्यन्वाधानं च यदि देवतार्थम्
vaiguṇyād idhmabarhir na sādhayed agnyanvādhānaṃ ca yadi devatārtham
The line
Because of vaiguṇya (वैगुण्य), idhmabarhir (इध्मबर्हिर्), not sādhayed (साधयेद्), a compound: fire, an atom, and setting up and, if, a compound: a deity, and a thing, a meaning.
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: vaiguṇyād (वैगुण्याद्) + idhmabarhir (इध्मबर्हिर्) + na (न) + sādhayed (साधयेद्) + agni-anu-ādhānaṃ (अग्नि-अनु-आधानं) + ca (च) + yadi (यदि) + devatā-artham (देवता-अर्थम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vaiguṇyād (वैगुण्याद्) | ablative singular | vaiguṇya (वैगुण्य) |
| idhmabarhir (इध्मबर्हिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| sādhayed (साधयेद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| agni-anu-ādhānaṃ (अग्नि-अनु-आधानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: fire, an atom, and setting up. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| devatā-artham (देवता-अर्थम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a deity, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vaiguṇyād (वैगुण्याद्) is vaiguṇya (वैगुण्य). It stands as ablative singular. idhmabarhir (इध्मबर्हिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. sādhayed (साधयेद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
agni-anu-ādhānaṃ (अग्नि-अनु-आधानं) is a compound: fire, an atom, and setting up. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. devatā-artham (देवता-अर्थम्) is a compound: a deity, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
agni-anu-ādhānaṃ (अग्नि-अनु-आधानं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vaiguṇyād (वैगुण्याद्) and idhmabarhir (इध्मबर्हिर्).