5.1.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.1.5
अशाब्द इति चेत् स्याद् वाक्यशब्दत्वात्
aśābda iti cet syād vākyaśabdatvāt
The line
If you say that aśābda (अशाब्द), then it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of a compound: a sentence, a word, and the state of being that.
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: aśābda (अशाब्द) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्) + syād (स्याद्) + vākya-śabda-tvāt (वाक्य-शब्द-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aśābda (अशाब्द) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vākya-śabda-tvāt (वाक्य-शब्द-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a sentence, a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
aśābda (अशाब्द) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. vākya-śabda-tvāt (वाक्य-शब्द-त्वात्) is a compound: a sentence, a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vākya-śabda-tvāt (वाक्य-शब्द-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśābda (अशाब्द) and syād (स्याद्).