2.4.31
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.31
अपि वा क्रमसंयोगाद् विधिपृथक्त्वमेकस्यां व्यवतिष्ठेत
api vā kramasaṃyogād vidhipṛthaktvam ekasyāṃ vyavatiṣṭheta
The line
Even or, because of a compound: order, and conjunction, a compound: an injunction, and separateness, of ekasya (एकस्य), vyavatiṣṭheta (व्यवतिष्ठेत).
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) + krama-saṃyogāt (क्रम-संयोगात्) + vidhi-pṛthaktvam (विधि-पृथक्त्वम्) + ekasyāṃ (एकस्यां) + vyavatiṣṭheta (व्यवतिष्ठेत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| krama-saṃyogāt (क्रम-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: order, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| vidhi-pṛthaktvam (विधि-पृथक्त्वम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: an injunction, and separateness. Read it from the end |
| ekasyāṃ (एकस्यां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | ekasya (एकस्य) |
| vyavatiṣṭheta (व्यवतिष्ठेत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. krama-saṃyogāt (क्रम-संयोगात्) is a compound: order, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kramasaṃyogād (क्रमसंयोगाद्).
vidhi-pṛthaktvam (विधि-पृथक्त्वम्) is a compound: an injunction, and separateness. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ekasyāṃ (एकस्यां) is ekasya (एकस्य). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. vyavatiṣṭheta (व्यवतिष्ठेत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhi-pṛthaktvam (विधि-पृथक्त्वम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kramasaṃyogād (क्रमसंयोगाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss krama-saṃyogāt (क्रम-संयोगात्) and vidhi-pṛthaktvam (विधि-पृथक्त्वम्).