2.1.31
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.31
अपि वा प्रयोगसामर्थ्यान् मन्त्रोऽभिधानवाची स्यात्
api vā prayogasāmarthyān mantro 'bhidhānavācī syāt
The line
Even or, a compound: a performance, and capacity, a mantra, a compound: a naming, and speech, 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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + prayoga-sāmarthyān (प्रयोग-सामर्थ्यान्) + mantro (मन्त्रो) + abhidhāna-vāc-ī (अभिधान-वाच्-ई) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prayoga-sāmarthyān (प्रयोग-सामर्थ्यान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a performance, and capacity. Read it from the end |
| mantro (मन्त्रो) | nominative singular, masculine | a mantra |
| abhidhāna-vāc-ī (अभिधान-वाच्-ई) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | a compound: a naming, and speech. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. prayoga-sāmarthyān (प्रयोग-सामर्थ्यान्) is a compound: a performance, and capacity. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
mantro (मन्त्रो) is a mantra. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. abhidhāna-vāc-ī (अभिधान-वाच्-ई) is a compound: a naming, and speech. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prayoga-sāmarthyān (प्रयोग-सामर्थ्यान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prayoga-sāmarthyān (प्रयोग-सामर्थ्यान्) and mantro (मन्त्रो).
Next
2.1.32. In a compound: that, and the transferring rule, mantrākhya (मन्त्राख्य).