12.2.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.7
वाक्यशेषो वा दक्षिणस्मिन्ननारभ्यविधानस्य
vākyaśeṣo vā dakṣiṇasminn anārabhyavidhānasya
The line
A compound: a sentence, and the rest, what remains over or, dakṣiṇasminn (दक्षिणस्मिन्न्), of a compound: anāra (अनार), bhya (भ्य), and a rule.
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: vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) + vā (वा) + dakṣiṇasminn (दक्षिणस्मिन्न्) + anāra-bhya-vidhānasya (अनार-भ्य-विधानस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sentence, and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| dakṣiṇasminn (दक्षिणस्मिन्न्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| anāra-bhya-vidhānasya (अनार-भ्य-विधानस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: anāra (अनार), bhya (भ्य), and a rule. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) is a compound: a sentence, and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vākyaśeṣo (वाक्यशेषो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
dakṣiṇasminn (दक्षिणस्मिन्न्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. anāra-bhya-vidhānasya (अनार-भ्य-विधानस्य) is a compound: anāra (अनार), bhya (भ्य), and a rule. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anāra-bhya-vidhānasya (अनार-भ्य-विधानस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vākyaśeṣo (वाक्यशेषो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākya-śeṣaḥ (वाक्य-शेषः) and dakṣiṇasminn (दक्षिणस्मिन्न्).