5.1.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.1.20
अपि वा क्रमकालसंयुक्ता सद्यः क्रियेत तत्र विधेरनुमानात् प्रकृतिधर्मलोपः स्यात्
api vā kramakālasaṃyuktā sadyaḥ kriyeta tatra vidher anumānāt prakṛtidharmalopaḥ syāt
The line
Even or, a compound: order, time, and saṃyukta (संयुक्त), sadya (सद्य), would be done, there, of an injunction, because of inference, a compound: nature, what is seen, dharma, a property, and lopa (लोप), it would be, let it be granted.
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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + krama-kāla-saṃyuktā (क्रम-काल-संयुक्ता) + sadyaḥ (सद्यः) + kriyeta (क्रियेत) + tatra (तत्र) + vidheḥ (विधेः) + anumānāt (अनुमानात्) + prakṛti-dharma-lopaḥ (प्रकृति-धर्म-लोपः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| krama-kāla-saṃyuktā (क्रम-काल-संयुक्ता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: order, time, and saṃyukta (संयुक्त). Read it from the end |
| sadyaḥ (सद्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | sadya (सद्य) |
| kriyeta (क्रियेत) | optative, third person singular | would be done |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| vidheḥ (विधेः) | genitive or ablative singular | an injunction |
| anumānāt (अनुमानात्) | ablative singular | inference |
| prakṛti-dharma-lopaḥ (प्रकृति-धर्म-लोपः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: nature, what is seen, dharma, a property, and lopa (लोप). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. krama-kāla-saṃyuktā (क्रम-काल-संयुक्ता) is a compound: order, time, and saṃyukta (संयुक्त). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. sadyaḥ (सद्यः) is sadya (सद्य). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. kriyeta (क्रियेत) is would be done. It stands as optative, third person singular.
tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. vidheḥ (विधेः) is an injunction. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it vidher. anumānāt (अनुमानात्) is inference. It stands as ablative singular. prakṛti-dharma-lopaḥ (प्रकृति-धर्म-लोपः) is a compound: nature, what is seen, dharma, a property, and lopa (लोप). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛti-dharma-lopaḥ (प्रकृति-धर्म-लोपः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vidher.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss krama-kāla-saṃyuktā (क्रम-काल-संयुक्ता) and sadyaḥ (सद्यः).
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