12.3.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.1
विश्वजिति वत्सत्वङ्नामधेयादितरथा तन्त्रभूयस्त्वादहतं स्यात्
viśvajiti vatsatvaṅnāmadheyād itarathā tantrabhūyastvād ahataṃ syāt
The line
In viśvajita (विश्वजित), because of vatsatvaṅnāmadheya (वत्सत्वङ्नामधेय), itaratha (इतरथ), because of a compound: a shared performance, bhūya (भूय), and stva (स्त्व), ahata (अहत), 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: viśvajiti (विश्वजिति) + vatsatvaṅnāmadheyād (वत्सत्वङ्नामधेयाद्) + itarathā (इतरथा) + tantra-bhūya-stvāt (तन्त्र-भूय-स्त्वात्) + ahataṃ (अहतं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viśvajiti (विश्वजिति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | viśvajita (विश्वजित) |
| vatsatvaṅnāmadheyād (वत्सत्वङ्नामधेयाद्) | ablative singular | vatsatvaṅnāmadheya (वत्सत्वङ्नामधेय) |
| itarathā (इतरथा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | itaratha (इतरथ) |
| tantra-bhūya-stvāt (तन्त्र-भूय-स्त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a shared performance, bhūya (भूय), and stva (स्त्व). Read it from the end |
| ahataṃ (अहतं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | ahata (अहत) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
viśvajiti (विश्वजिति) is viśvajita (विश्वजित). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. vatsatvaṅnāmadheyād (वत्सत्वङ्नामधेयाद्) is vatsatvaṅnāmadheya (वत्सत्वङ्नामधेय). It stands as ablative singular. itarathā (इतरथा) is itaratha (इतरथ). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
tantra-bhūya-stvāt (तन्त्र-भूय-स्त्वात्) is a compound: a shared performance, bhūya (भूय), and stva (स्त्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tantrabhūyastvād (तन्त्रभूयस्त्वाद्). ahataṃ (अहतं) is ahata (अहत). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vatsatvaṅnāmadheyād (वत्सत्वङ्नामधेयाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it tantrabhūyastvād (तन्त्रभूयस्त्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss viśvajiti (विश्वजिति) and vatsatvaṅnāmadheyād (वत्सत्वङ्नामधेयाद्).
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12.3.2. Absence of collision or, uparivāsa (उपरिवास). vatsatvak (वत्सत्वक्).