5.1.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.1.18
विप्रतिपत्तौ वा प्रकृत्यन्वयाद् यथाप्रकृति
vipratipattau vā prakṛtyanvayād yathāprakṛti
The line
Misunderstanding or, because of a compound: nature, what is seen, and anvaya (अन्वय), in a compound: as, and prakṛta (प्रकृत).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Order. Sequence is fixed by the order of the words, and by other rules when the words do not decide. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vipratipattau (विप्रतिपत्तौ) + vā (वा) + prakṛti-anvayāt (प्रकृति-अन्वयात्) + yathā-prakṛti (यथा-प्रकृति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vipratipattau (विप्रतिपत्तौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | misunderstanding |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakṛti-anvayāt (प्रकृति-अन्वयात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, and anvaya (अन्वय). Read it from the end |
| yathā-prakṛti (यथा-प्रकृति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a compound: as, and prakṛta (प्रकृत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
vipratipattau (विप्रतिपत्तौ) is misunderstanding. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prakṛti-anvayāt (प्रकृति-अन्वयात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, and anvaya (अन्वय). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakṛtyanvayād (प्रकृत्यन्वयाद्). yathā-prakṛti (यथा-प्रकृति) is a compound: as, and prakṛta (प्रकृत). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛti-anvayāt (प्रकृति-अन्वयात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it prakṛtyanvayād (प्रकृत्यन्वयाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vipratipattau (विप्रतिपत्तौ) and prakṛti-anvayāt (प्रकृति-अन्वयात्).