12.2.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.3
निर्देशाद् वा वैदिकानां स्यात्
nirdeśād vā vaidikānāṃ syāt
The line
Because of a statement of what the rule is or, of vaidika (वैदिक), 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: nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) + vā (वा) + vaidikānāṃ (वैदिकानां) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) | ablative singular | a statement of what the rule is |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| vaidikānāṃ (वैदिकानां) | genitive plural | vaidika (वैदिक) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) is a statement of what the rule is. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it nirdeśād (निर्देशाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
vaidikānāṃ (वैदिकानां) is vaidika (वैदिक). It stands as genitive plural. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vaidikānāṃ (वैदिकानां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it nirdeśād (निर्देशाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) and vaidikānāṃ (वैदिकानां).