12.3.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.17
मन्त्रोपदेशो वा न भाषिकस्य प्रायोपपत्तेर् भाषिकश्रुतिः
mantropadeśo vā na bhāṣikasya prāyopapatter bhāṣikaśrutiḥ
The line
A compound: a mantra, and teaching or, not of bhāṣika (भाषिक), prāyopapatter (प्रायोपपत्तेर्), a compound: bhāṣika (भाषिक), and heard.
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: mantra-upadeśaḥ (मन्त्र-उपदेशः) + vā (वा) + na (न) + bhāṣikasya (भाषिकस्य) + prāyopapatter (प्रायोपपत्तेर्) + bhāṣika-śrutiḥ (भाषिक-श्रुतिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mantra-upadeśaḥ (मन्त्र-उपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a mantra, and teaching. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| bhāṣikasya (भाषिकस्य) | genitive singular | bhāṣika (भाषिक) |
| prāyopapatter (प्रायोपपत्तेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| bhāṣika-śrutiḥ (भाषिक-श्रुतिः) | nominative singular | a compound: bhāṣika (भाषिक), and heard. Read it from the end |
The phrases
mantra-upadeśaḥ (मन्त्र-उपदेशः) is a compound: a mantra, and teaching. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it mantropadeśo (मन्त्रोपदेशो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
bhāṣikasya (भाषिकस्य) is bhāṣika (भाषिक). It stands as genitive singular. prāyopapatter (प्रायोपपत्तेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. bhāṣika-śrutiḥ (भाषिक-श्रुतिः) is a compound: bhāṣika (भाषिक), and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
mantra-upadeśaḥ (मन्त्र-उपदेशः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it mantropadeśo (मन्त्रोपदेशो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mantra-upadeśaḥ (मन्त्र-उपदेशः) and bhāṣikasya (भाषिकस्य).