12.3.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.2
अविरोधी वा उपरिवासो हि वत्सत्वक्
avirodhī vā uparivāso hi vatsatvak
The line
Absence of collision or, uparivāsa (उपरिवास). vatsatvak (वत्सत्वक्).
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: avirodhī (अविरोधी) + vā (वा) + uparivāso (उपरिवासो) + hi (हि) + vatsatvak (वत्सत्वक्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avirodhī (अविरोधी) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | absence of collision |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| uparivāso (उपरिवासो) | nominative singular, masculine | uparivāsa (उपरिवास) |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| vatsatvak (वत्सत्वक्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
avirodhī (अविरोधी) is absence of collision. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. uparivāso (उपरिवासो) is uparivāsa (उपरिवास). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. vatsatvak (वत्सत्वक्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
uparivāso (उपरिवासो) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss avirodhī (अविरोधी) and uparivāso (उपरिवासो).