12.3.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.9
एकार्थास् तु विकल्पेरन् समुच्चये ह्यावृत्तिः स्यात् प्रधानस्य
ekārthās tu vikalperan samuccaye hy āvṛttiḥ syāt pradhānasya
The line
A compound: one, and a thing, a meaning but, vikalperan (विकल्पेरन्), in a taking together. āvṛtta (आवृत्त), it would be, let it be granted, of the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य).
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: eka-arthāḥ (एक-अर्थाः) + tu (तु) + vikalperan (विकल्पेरन्) + samuccaye (समुच्चये) + hy (ह्य्) + āvṛttiḥ (आवृत्तिः) + syāt (स्यात्) + pradhānasya (प्रधानस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| eka-arthāḥ (एक-अर्थाः) | nominative plural | a compound: one, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vikalperan (विकल्पेरन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| samuccaye (समुच्चये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a taking together |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for, indeed. hi before a vowel |
| āvṛttiḥ (आवृत्तिः) | nominative singular | āvṛtta (आवृत्त) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| pradhānasya (प्रधानस्य) | genitive singular | the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य) |
The phrases
eka-arthāḥ (एक-अर्थाः) is a compound: one, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it ekārthās (एकार्थास्). tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vikalperan (विकल्पेरन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. samuccaye (समुच्चये) is a taking together. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
hy (ह्य्) is for, indeed. hi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. āvṛttiḥ (आवृत्तिः) is āvṛtta (आवृत्त). It stands as nominative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. pradhānasya (प्रधानस्य) is the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य). It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pradhānasya (प्रधानस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it ekārthās (एकार्थास्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss eka-arthāḥ (एक-अर्थाः) and vikalperan (विकल्पेरन्).
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