12.2.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.29
यौप्यस् तु विरोधे स्यान् मुख्यानन्तर्यात्
yaupyas tu virodhe syān mukhyānantaryāt
The line
yaupyas (यौप्य) but, in a clash, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n, because of mukhyānantarya (मुख्यानन्तर्य).
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: yaupyas (यौप्य) + tu (तु) + virodhe (विरोधे) + syān (स्यान्) + mukhyānantaryāt (मुख्यानन्तर्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yaupyas (यौप्य) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| virodhe (विरोधे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a clash |
| syān (स्यान्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n |
| mukhyānantaryāt (मुख्यानन्तर्यात्) | ablative singular | mukhyānantarya (मुख्यानन्तर्य) |
The phrases
yaupyas (यौप्य) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. virodhe (विरोधे) is a clash. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
syān (स्यान्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n. It stands as optative, third person singular. mukhyānantaryāt (मुख्यानन्तर्यात्) is mukhyānantarya (मुख्यानन्तर्य). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
mukhyānantaryāt (मुख्यानन्तर्यात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yaupyas (यौप्य) and virodhe (विरोधे).