4.4.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.7
फलवद् वोक्तहेतुत्वादितरस्य प्रधानं स्यात्
phalavad voktahetutvād itarasya pradhānaṃ syāt
The line
A compound: a fruit, and vada (वद), because of a compound: or, what has been said, a reason, and the state of being that, of the other, 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: phala-vada (फल-वद) + vā-ukta-hetu-tvāt (वा-उक्त-हेतु-त्वात्) + itarasya (इतरस्य) + pradhānaṃ (प्रधानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| phala-vada (फल-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a fruit, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| vā-ukta-hetu-tvāt (वा-उक्त-हेतु-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, what has been said, a reason, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| itarasya (इतरस्य) | genitive singular | the other |
| 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
phala-vada (फल-वद) is a compound: a fruit, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. vā-ukta-hetu-tvāt (वा-उक्त-हेतु-त्वात्) is a compound: or, what has been said, a reason, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it voktahetutvād (वोक्तहेतुत्वाद्). itarasya (इतरस्य) is the other. It stands as genitive singular.
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
vā-ukta-hetu-tvāt (वा-उक्त-हेतु-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it voktahetutvād (वोक्तहेतुत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss phala-vada (फल-वद) and vā-ukta-hetu-tvāt (वा-उक्त-हेतु-त्वात्).