4.1.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.23
संसर्गरसनिश्पत्तेरामिक्षा वा प्रधानं स्यात्
saṃsargarasaniśpatterāmikṣā vā pradhānaṃ syāt
The line
A compound: contact, taste, niśpa (निश्प), tterā (त्तेरा), and mikṣa (मिक्ष) or, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: saṃsarga-rasa-niśpa-tterā-mikṣā (संसर्ग-रस-निश्प-त्तेरा-मिक्षा) + vā (वा) + pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃsarga-rasa-niśpa-tterā-mikṣā (संसर्ग-रस-निश्प-त्तेरा-मिक्षा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: contact, taste, niśpa (निश्प), tterā (त्तेरा), and mikṣa (मिक्ष). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
saṃsarga-rasa-niśpa-tterā-mikṣā (संसर्ग-रस-निश्प-त्तेरा-मिक्षा) is a compound: contact, taste, niśpa (निश्प), tterā (त्तेरा), and mikṣa (मिक्ष). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं) is the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य). It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃsarga-rasa-niśpa-tterā-mikṣā (संसर्ग-रस-निश्प-त्तेरा-मिक्षा) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃsarga-rasa-niśpa-tterā-mikṣā (संसर्ग-रस-निश्प-त्तेरा-मिक्षा) and pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं).
Next
4.1.24. Because of a compound: primary, śabdā (शब्दा), bhisa (भिस), and ṃstava (ंस्तव) and.