4.2.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.8
शाखायां तत्प्रधानत्वादुपवेषेण विभागः स्याद् वैषम्यं तत्
śākhāyāṃ tatpradhānatvād upaveṣeṇa vibhāgaḥ syād vaiṣamyaṃ tat
The line
Of śākhāya (शाखाय), because of because that is its main thing, by means of upaveṣa (उपवेष), disjunction, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, vaiṣamya (वैषम्य), that.
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: śākhāyāṃ (शाखायां) + tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) + upaveṣeṇa (उपवेषेण) + vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) + syād (स्याद्) + vaiṣamyaṃ (वैषम्यं) + tat (तत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śākhāyāṃ (शाखायां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | śākhāya (शाखाय) |
| tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) | ablative singular | because that is its main thing |
| upaveṣeṇa (उपवेषेण) | instrumental singular | upaveṣa (उपवेष) |
| vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) | nominative singular, masculine | disjunction |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vaiṣamyaṃ (वैषम्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | vaiṣamya (वैषम्य) |
| tat (तत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
The phrases
śākhāyāṃ (शाखायां) is śākhāya (शाखाय). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is because that is its main thing. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tatpradhānatvād (तत्प्रधानत्वाद्). upaveṣeṇa (उपवेषेण) is upaveṣa (उपवेष). It stands as instrumental singular. vibhāgaḥ (विभागः) is disjunction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. vaiṣamyaṃ (वैषम्यं) is vaiṣamya (वैषम्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tat (तत्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it tatpradhānatvād (तत्प्रधानत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śākhāyāṃ (शाखायां) and tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्).
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