12.3.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.11
नाश्रुतत्वाद् धि विकल्पवच् च दर्शयति कालान्तरेऽर्थवत्त्वं स्यात्
nāśrutatvād dhi vikalpavac ca darśayati kālāntare 'rthavattvaṃ syāt
The line
Not because of aśrutatva (अश्रुतत्व), in a thought, a compound: an alternative, a division, and vaca (वच) and, shows, in a compound: time, and a difference, an interval, a compound: a thing, a meaning, possessing, and the state of being that, 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: na (न) + aśrutatvād (अश्रुतत्वाद्) + dhi (धि) + vikalpa-vaca (विकल्प-वच) + ca (च) + darśayati (दर्शयति) + kāla-antare (काल-अन्तरे) + artha-vat-tvaṃ (अर्थ-वत्-त्वं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| aśrutatvād (अश्रुतत्वाद्) | ablative singular | aśrutatva (अश्रुतत्व) |
| dhi (धि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a thought |
| vikalpa-vaca (विकल्प-वच) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an alternative, a division, and vaca (वच). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| darśayati (दर्शयति) | present, third person singular | shows |
| kāla-antare (काल-अन्तरे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: time, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| artha-vat-tvaṃ (अर्थ-वत्-त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a thing, a meaning, possessing, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. aśrutatvād (अश्रुतत्वाद्) is aśrutatva (अश्रुतत्व). It stands as ablative singular. dhi (धि) is a thought. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. vikalpa-vaca (विकल्प-वच) is a compound: an alternative, a division, and vaca (वच). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
darśayati (दर्शयति) is shows. It stands as present, third person singular. kāla-antare (काल-अन्तरे) is a compound: time, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. artha-vat-tvaṃ (अर्थ-वत्-त्वं) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, possessing, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-vat-tvaṃ (अर्थ-वत्-त्वं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśrutatvād (अश्रुतत्वाद्) and dhi (धि).