3.6.44
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.44
अपि वा द्विरुक्तत्वात् प्रकृतेर् भविष्यन्तीति
api vā dviruktatvāt prakṛter bhaviṣyantīti
The line
Even or, because of dviruktatva (द्विरुक्तत्व), of of nature, from the model, in bhaviṣyantīta (भविष्यन्तीत).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. 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) + dviruktatvāt (द्विरुक्तत्वात्) + prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) + bhaviṣyantīti (भविष्यन्तीति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| dviruktatvāt (द्विरुक्तत्वात्) | ablative singular | dviruktatva (द्विरुक्तत्व) |
| prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | of nature, from the model |
| bhaviṣyantīti (भविष्यन्तीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | bhaviṣyantīta (भविष्यन्तीत) |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. dviruktatvāt (द्विरुक्तत्वात्) is dviruktatva (द्विरुक्तत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) is of nature, from the model. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it prakṛter (प्रकृतेर्). bhaviṣyantīti (भविष्यन्तीति) is bhaviṣyantīta (भविष्यन्तीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhaviṣyantīti (भविष्यन्तीति) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it prakṛter (प्रकृतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dviruktatvāt (द्विरुक्तत्वात्) and prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः).