12.4.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.3
याज्यानुवाक्यासु तु विकल्पः स्याद् देवतोपलक्षणार्थत्वात्
yājyānuvākyāsu tu vikalpaḥ syād devatopalakṣaṇārthatvāt
The line
yājyānuvākyāsu (याज्यानुवाक्यासु) but, an alternative, a division, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: deva (देव), topa (तोप), a mark, a thing, a meaning, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: yājyānuvākyāsu (याज्यानुवाक्यासु) + tu (तु) + vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + syād (स्याद्) + deva-topa-lakṣaṇa-artha-tvāta (देव-तोप-लक्षण-अर्थ-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yājyānuvākyāsu (याज्यानुवाक्यासु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| deva-topa-lakṣaṇa-artha-tvāta (देव-तोप-लक्षण-अर्थ-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: deva (देव), topa (तोप), a mark, a thing, a meaning, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
yājyānuvākyāsu (याज्यानुवाक्यासु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. deva-topa-lakṣaṇa-artha-tvāta (देव-तोप-लक्षण-अर्थ-त्वात) is a compound: deva (देव), topa (तोप), a mark, a thing, a meaning, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
deva-topa-lakṣaṇa-artha-tvāta (देव-तोप-लक्षण-अर्थ-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yājyānuvākyāsu (याज्यानुवाक्यासु) and vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः).
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