2.1.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.15
वशावद् वा गुणार्थं स्यात्
vaśāvad vā guṇārthaṃ syāt
The line
vaśāvad (वशावद्) or, a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vaśāvad (वशावद्) + vā (वा) + guṇa-arthaṃ (गुण-अर्थं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vaśāvad (वशावद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| guṇa-arthaṃ (गुण-अर्थं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vaśāvad (वशावद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
guṇa-arthaṃ (गुण-अर्थं) is a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇa-arthaṃ (गुण-अर्थं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vaśāvad (वशावद्) and guṇa-arthaṃ (गुण-अर्थं).