12.2.32
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.32
पाशुकं वा तस्य वैशेषिकाम्नानात् तदनर्थकं विकल्पे स्यात्
pāśukaṃ vā tasya vaiśeṣikāmnānāt tadanarthakaṃ vikalpe syāt
The line
pāśuka (पाशुक) or, of of that, his, because of vaiśeṣikāmnāna (वैशेषिकाम्नान), tadanarthaka (तदनर्थक), in an alternative, a division, 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: pāśukaṃ (पाशुकं) + vā (वा) + tasya (तस्य) + vaiśeṣikāmnānāt (वैशेषिकाम्नानात्) + tadanarthakaṃ (तदनर्थकं) + vikalpe (विकल्पे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pāśukaṃ (पाशुकं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | pāśuka (पाशुक) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
| vaiśeṣikāmnānāt (वैशेषिकाम्नानात्) | ablative singular | vaiśeṣikāmnāna (वैशेषिकाम्नान) |
| tadanarthakaṃ (तदनर्थकं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | tadanarthaka (तदनर्थक) |
| vikalpe (विकल्पे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | an alternative, a division |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
pāśukaṃ (पाशुकं) is pāśuka (पाशुक). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular. vaiśeṣikāmnānāt (वैशेषिकाम्नानात्) is vaiśeṣikāmnāna (वैशेषिकाम्नान). It stands as ablative singular.
tadanarthakaṃ (तदनर्थकं) is tadanarthaka (तदनर्थक). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vikalpe (विकल्पे) is an alternative, a division. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vaiśeṣikāmnānāt (वैशेषिकाम्नानात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pāśukaṃ (पाशुकं) and tasya (तस्य).