3.8.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.14
व्यपदेशादितरेषां स्यात्
vyapadeśād itareṣāṃ syāt
The line
Because of a designation, a compound: the others, and ṣāṃa (षांअ), 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: vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) + itare-ṣāṃa (इतरे-षांअ) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) | ablative singular | a designation |
| itare-ṣāṃa (इतरे-षांअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the others, and ṣāṃa (षांअ). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) is a designation. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vyapadeśād (व्यपदेशाद्). itare-ṣāṃa (इतरे-षांअ) is a compound: the others, and ṣāṃa (षांअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vyapadeśād (व्यपदेशाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyapadeśāt (व्यपदेशात्) and itare-ṣāṃa (इतरे-षांअ).