2.4.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.6
विरोधश् चापि पूर्ववत्
virodhaś cāpi pūrvavat
The line
A clash and even, as before, like the earlier.
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 line is short. anitya-tvāt (अनित्य-त्वात्) from 2.4.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: virodhaḥ (विरोधः) + ca (च) + api (अपि) + pūrvavat (पूर्ववत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| virodhaḥ (विरोधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a clash |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| pūrvavat (पूर्ववत्) | indeclinable | as before, like the earlier |
The phrases
virodhaḥ (विरोधः) is a clash. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it virodhaś (विरोधश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि). pūrvavat (पूर्ववत्) is as before, like the earlier. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
virodhaḥ (विरोधः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it virodhaś (विरोधश्). The line joins them as cāpi (चापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss virodhaḥ (विरोधः) and pūrvavat (पूर्ववत्).