3.7.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.20
अन्यो वा स्यात् परिक्रयाम्नानाद् विप्रतिषेधात् प्रत्यगात्मनि
anyo vā syāt parikrayāmnānād vipratiṣedhāt pratyag ātmani
The line
Another or, it would be, let it be granted, because of parikrayāmnāna (परिक्रयाम्नान), because of a conflict between two rules, pratyag (प्रत्यग्), in in the self.
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: anyaḥ (अन्यः) + vā (वा) + syāt (स्यात्) + parikrayāmnānād (परिक्रयाम्नानाद्) + vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) + pratyag (प्रत्यग्) + ātmani (आत्मनि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anyaḥ (अन्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | another |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| parikrayāmnānād (परिक्रयाम्नानाद्) | ablative singular | parikrayāmnāna (परिक्रयाम्नान) |
| vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a conflict between two rules |
| pratyag (प्रत्यग्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ātmani (आत्मनि) | locative singular | in the self |
The phrases
anyaḥ (अन्यः) is another. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it anyo. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. parikrayāmnānād (परिक्रयाम्नानाद्) is parikrayāmnāna (परिक्रयाम्नान). It stands as ablative singular.
vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) is a conflict between two rules. It stands as ablative singular. pratyag (प्रत्यग्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ātmani (आत्मनि) is in the self. It stands as locative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
parikrayāmnānād (परिक्रयाम्नानाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it anyo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anyaḥ (अन्यः) and syāt (स्यात्).