4.4.12

वैश्वानरश् च नित्यः स्यान् नित्यैः समानसङ्ख्यत्वात्

vaiśvānaraś ca nityaḥ syān nityaiḥ samānasaṅkhyatvāt

The line

vaiśvānaraś (वैश्वानरश्) and, eternal, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n, by means of eternal, because of a compound: the same, and saṅkhyatva (सङ्ख्यत्व).

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: vaiśvānaraś (वैश्वानरश्) + ca (च) + nityaḥ (नित्यः) + syān (स्यान्) + nityaiḥ (नित्यैः) + samāna-saṅkhyatvāt (समान-सङ्ख्यत्वात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
vaiśvānaraś (वैश्वानरश्)	the form as the line writes it	this word, as the line writes it
ca (च)	indeclinable	and
nityaḥ (नित्यः)	nominative singular, masculine	eternal
syān (स्यान्)	optative, third person singular	it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n
nityaiḥ (नित्यैः)	instrumental plural	eternal
samāna-saṅkhyatvāt (समान-सङ्ख्यत्वात्)	ablative singular	a compound: the same, and saṅkhyatva (सङ्ख्यत्व). Read it from the end

The phrases

vaiśvānaraś (वैश्वानरश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. nityaḥ (नित्यः) is eternal. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.

syān (स्यान्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n. It stands as optative, third person singular. nityaiḥ (नित्यैः) is eternal. It stands as instrumental plural. samāna-saṅkhyatvāt (समान-सङ्ख्यत्वात्) is a compound: the same, and saṅkhyatva (सङ्ख्यत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.

Sanskrit in this line

samāna-saṅkhyatvāt (समान-सङ्ख्यत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss vaiśvānaraś (वैश्वानरश्) and nityaḥ (नित्यः).

4.4.13. In a side, a thesis, because of a compound: votpanna (वोत्पन्न), and conjunction.