3.7.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.22
अपि वा श्रुति भेदात् प्रतिनामधेयं स्युः
api vā śruti bhedāt pratināmadheyaṃ syuḥ
The line
Even or, in scripture, because of a difference, a compound: toward, against, and a name, they would be.
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) + śruti (श्रुति) + bhedāt (भेदात्) + prati-nāmadheyaṃ (प्रति-नामधेयं) + syuḥ (स्युः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śruti (श्रुति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | scripture |
| bhedāt (भेदात्) | ablative singular | a difference |
| prati-nāmadheyaṃ (प्रति-नामधेयं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: toward, against, and a name. Read it from the end |
| syuḥ (स्युः) | optative, third person plural | they would be |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. śruti (श्रुति) is scripture. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
bhedāt (भेदात्) is a difference. It stands as ablative singular. prati-nāmadheyaṃ (प्रति-नामधेयं) is a compound: toward, against, and a name. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syuḥ (स्युः) is they would be. It stands as optative, third person plural.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-nāmadheyaṃ (प्रति-नामधेयं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śruti (श्रुति) and bhedāt (भेदात्).
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