12.3.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.3
अनुनिर्वाप्येषु भूयस्त्वेन तन्त्रनियमः स्याच् छ्विष्ठकृद्दर्शनाच् च
anunirvāpyeṣu bhūyastvena tantraniyamaḥ syāc chviṣṭhakṛddarśanāc ca
The line
In anunirvāpya (अनुनिर्वाप्य), by means of bhūyastva (भूयस्त्व), a compound: a shared performance, and a restriction, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c, because of chviṣṭhakṛddarśana (छ्विष्ठकृद्दर्शन) and.
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: anunirvāpyeṣu (अनुनिर्वाप्येषु) + bhūyastvena (भूयस्त्वेन) + tantra-niyamaḥ (तन्त्र-नियमः) + syāc (स्याच्) + chviṣṭhakṛddarśanāc (छ्विष्ठकृद्दर्शनाच्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anunirvāpyeṣu (अनुनिर्वाप्येषु) | locative plural | anunirvāpya (अनुनिर्वाप्य) |
| bhūyastvena (भूयस्त्वेन) | instrumental singular | bhūyastva (भूयस्त्व) |
| tantra-niyamaḥ (तन्त्र-नियमः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a shared performance, and a restriction. Read it from the end |
| syāc (स्याच्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c |
| chviṣṭhakṛddarśanāc (छ्विष्ठकृद्दर्शनाच्) | ablative singular | chviṣṭhakṛddarśana (छ्विष्ठकृद्दर्शन) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
anunirvāpyeṣu (अनुनिर्वाप्येषु) is anunirvāpya (अनुनिर्वाप्य). It stands as locative plural. bhūyastvena (भूयस्त्वेन) is bhūyastva (भूयस्त्व). It stands as instrumental singular. tantra-niyamaḥ (तन्त्र-नियमः) is a compound: a shared performance, and a restriction. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāc (स्याच्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c. It stands as optative, third person singular. chviṣṭhakṛddarśanāc (छ्विष्ठकृद्दर्शनाच्) is chviṣṭhakṛddarśana (छ्विष्ठकृद्दर्शन). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
chviṣṭhakṛddarśanāc (छ्विष्ठकृद्दर्शनाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anunirvāpyeṣu (अनुनिर्वाप्येषु) and bhūyastvena (भूयस्त्वेन).