4.4.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.6
अपि वा कालमात्रं स्याददर्शनाद् विशेशस्य
api vā kālamātraṃ syād adarśanād viśeśasya
The line
Even or, a compound: time, and mātra (मात्र), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of adarśana (अदर्शन), of viśeśa (विशेश).
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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + kāla-mātraṃ (काल-मात्रं) + syād (स्याद्) + adarśanād (अदर्शनाद्) + viśeśasya (विशेशस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kāla-mātraṃ (काल-मात्रं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: time, and mātra (मात्र). Read it from the end |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| adarśanād (अदर्शनाद्) | ablative singular | adarśana (अदर्शन) |
| viśeśasya (विशेशस्य) | genitive singular | viśeśa (विशेश) |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. kāla-mātraṃ (काल-मात्रं) is a compound: time, and mātra (मात्र). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. adarśanād (अदर्शनाद्) is adarśana (अदर्शन). It stands as ablative singular. viśeśasya (विशेशस्य) is viśeśa (विशेश). It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kāla-mātraṃ (काल-मात्रं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāla-mātraṃ (काल-मात्रं) and syād (स्याद्).