12.4.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.36
स्मृतेर् वा स्याद् ब्राह्मणानाम्
smṛter vā syād brāhmaṇānām
The line
Because of because of a remembered text or, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage.
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: smṛteḥ (स्मृतेः) + vā (वा) + syād (स्याद्) + brāhmaṇānām (ब्राह्मणानाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| smṛteḥ (स्मृतेः) | ablative or genitive singular | because of a remembered text |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| brāhmaṇānām (ब्राह्मणानाम्) | genitive plural | a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage |
The phrases
smṛteḥ (स्मृतेः) is because of a remembered text. It stands as ablative or genitive singular. The line writes it smṛter (स्मृतेर्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. brāhmaṇānām (ब्राह्मणानाम्) is a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage. It stands as genitive plural.
Sanskrit in this line
brāhmaṇānām (ब्राह्मणानाम्) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it smṛter (स्मृतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss smṛteḥ (स्मृतेः) and syād (स्याद्).
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