3.8.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.21
विप्रतिषेधे करणः समावायविशेषादितरमन्यस् तेषां यतो विशेषः स्यात्
vipratiṣedhe karaṇaḥ samāvāyaviśeṣād itaram anyas teṣāṃ yato viśeṣaḥ syāt
The line
In a conflict between two rules, karaṇa (करण), because of a compound: samā (समा), vāya (वाय), and a difference, the other, another, of of them, from which, because, a difference, 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: vipratiṣedhe (विप्रतिषेधे) + karaṇaḥ (करणः) + samā-vāya-viśeṣāt (समा-वाय-विशेषात्) + itaram (इतरम्) + anyaḥ (अन्यः) + teṣāṃ (तेषां) + yataḥ (यतः) + viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vipratiṣedhe (विप्रतिषेधे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a conflict between two rules |
| karaṇaḥ (करणः) | nominative singular, masculine | karaṇa (करण) |
| samā-vāya-viśeṣāt (समा-वाय-विशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: samā (समा), vāya (वाय), and a difference. Read it from the end |
| itaram (इतरम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the other |
| anyaḥ (अन्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | another |
| teṣāṃ (तेषां) | genitive plural | of them |
| yataḥ (यतः) | indeclinable | from which, because |
| viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a difference |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vipratiṣedhe (विप्रतिषेधे) is a conflict between two rules. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. karaṇaḥ (करणः) is karaṇa (करण). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. samā-vāya-viśeṣāt (समा-वाय-विशेषात्) is a compound: samā (समा), vāya (वाय), and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it samāvāyaviśeṣād (समावायविशेषाद्). itaram (इतरम्) is the other. It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. anyaḥ (अन्यः) is another. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it anyas.
teṣāṃ (तेषां) is of them. It stands as genitive plural. yataḥ (यतः) is from which, because. It stands as indeclinable. The line writes it yato. viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) is a difference. 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
samā-vāya-viśeṣāt (समा-वाय-विशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it samāvāyaviśeṣād (समावायविशेषाद्). The line writes it anyas. The line writes it yato.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vipratiṣedhe (विप्रतिषेधे) and karaṇaḥ (करणः).
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3.8.22. praiṣeṇu (प्रैषेणु) and, because of a compound: another, the higher, and eligibility.