5.1.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.1.19
विकृतिः प्रकृतिधर्मत्वात् तत्काला स्याद् यथा शिष्टम्
vikṛtiḥ prakṛtidharmatvāt tatkālā syād yathā śiṣṭam
The line
A variant, because of a compound: nature, what is seen, dharma, a property, and the state of being that, a compound: that, and time, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, as, śiṣṭa (शिष्ट).
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: vikṛtiḥ (विकृतिः) + prakṛti-dharma-tvāt (प्रकृति-धर्म-त्वात्) + tat-kālā (तत्-काला) + syād (स्याद्) + yathā (यथा) + śiṣṭam (शिष्टम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikṛtiḥ (विकृतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | a variant |
| prakṛti-dharma-tvāt (प्रकृति-धर्म-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, dharma, a property, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tat-kālā (तत्-काला) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: that, and time. Read it from the end |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| śiṣṭam (शिष्टम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | śiṣṭa (शिष्ट) |
The phrases
vikṛtiḥ (विकृतिः) is a variant. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. prakṛti-dharma-tvāt (प्रकृति-धर्म-त्वात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, dharma, a property, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tat-kālā (तत्-काला) is a compound: that, and time. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. śiṣṭam (शिष्टम्) is śiṣṭa (शिष्ट). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛti-dharma-tvāt (प्रकृति-धर्म-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikṛtiḥ (विकृतिः) and prakṛti-dharma-tvāt (प्रकृति-धर्म-त्वात्).