5.2.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.8
कारणाद्वा(न) वसर्गः स्याद् यथा पात्रवृद्धिः
kāraṇādvā(na) vasargaḥ syād yathā pātravṛddhiḥ
The line
kāraṇādvā(na) (कारणाद्वा(न)), vasarga (वसर्ग), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, as, pātravṛddha (पात्रवृद्ध).
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: kāraṇādvā(na) (कारणाद्वा(न)) + vasargaḥ (वसर्गः) + syād (स्याद्) + yathā (यथा) + pātravṛddhiḥ (पात्रवृद्धिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāraṇādvā(na) (कारणाद्वा(न)) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vasargaḥ (वसर्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | vasarga (वसर्ग) |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| pātravṛddhiḥ (पात्रवृद्धिः) | nominative singular | pātravṛddha (पात्रवृद्ध) |
The phrases
kāraṇādvā(na) (कारणाद्वा(न)) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vasargaḥ (वसर्गः) is vasarga (वसर्ग). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. 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. pātravṛddhiḥ (पात्रवृद्धिः) is pātravṛddha (पात्रवृद्ध). It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kāraṇādvā(na) (कारणाद्वा(न)) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāraṇādvā(na) (कारणाद्वा(न)) and vasargaḥ (वसर्गः).