12.4.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.10
द्रव्यविकारात् तु पूर्ववदर्थकर्म स्यात् तया विकल्पेन नियमप्रधानत्वात्
dravyavikārāt tu pūrvavad arthakarma syāt tayā vikalpena niyamapradhānatvāt
The line
Because of a compound: a substance, and a transformation but, a compound: the earlier, and vada (वद), a compound: a thing, a meaning, and action, it would be, let it be granted, by means of by that, by means of an alternative, a division, because of a compound: a restriction, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that.
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: dravya-vikārāt (द्रव्य-विकारात्) + tu (तु) + pūrva-vada (पूर्व-वद) + artha-karma (अर्थ-कर्म) + syāt (स्यात्) + tayā (तया) + vikalpena (विकल्पेन) + niyama-pradhāna-tvāt (नियम-प्रधान-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravya-vikārāt (द्रव्य-विकारात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a substance, and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| pūrva-vada (पूर्व-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the earlier, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| artha-karma (अर्थ-कर्म) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and action. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tayā (तया) | instrumental singular, feminine | by that |
| vikalpena (विकल्पेन) | instrumental singular | an alternative, a division |
| niyama-pradhāna-tvāt (नियम-प्रधान-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a restriction, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
dravya-vikārāt (द्रव्य-विकारात्) is a compound: a substance, and a transformation. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. pūrva-vada (पूर्व-वद) is a compound: the earlier, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. artha-karma (अर्थ-कर्म) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and action. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tayā (तया) is by that. It stands as instrumental singular, feminine. vikalpena (विकल्पेन) is an alternative, a division. It stands as instrumental singular. niyama-pradhāna-tvāt (नियम-प्रधान-त्वात्) is a compound: a restriction, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
niyama-pradhāna-tvāt (नियम-प्रधान-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravya-vikārāt (द्रव्य-विकारात्) and pūrva-vada (पूर्व-वद).