3.6.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.9
प्रकरणविशेषात् तु विकृतौ विरोधि स्यात्
prakaraṇaviśeṣāt tu vikṛtau virodhi syāt
The line
Because of a compound: the context, and a difference but, in in the variant rite, opposing, it would be, let it be granted.
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: prakaraṇa-viśeṣāt (प्रकरण-विशेषात्) + tu (तु) + vikṛtau (विकृतौ) + virodhi (विरोधि) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakaraṇa-viśeṣāt (प्रकरण-विशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the context, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vikṛtau (विकृतौ) | locative singular | in the variant rite |
| virodhi (विरोधि) | nominative singular, masculine | opposing |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
prakaraṇa-viśeṣāt (प्रकरण-विशेषात्) is a compound: the context, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vikṛtau (विकृतौ) is in the variant rite. It stands as locative singular.
virodhi (विरोधि) is opposing. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakaraṇa-viśeṣāt (प्रकरण-विशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakaraṇa-viśeṣāt (प्रकरण-विशेषात्) and vikṛtau (विकृतौ).