5.3.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.10
वचनात् तु द्वादशाहे
vacanāt tu dvādaśāhe
The line
Because of because of a statement but, in dvādaśāha (द्वादशाह).
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 line is short. ante (अन्ते) from 5.3.9 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vacanāt (वचनात्) + tu (तु) + dvādaśāhe (द्वादशाहे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanāt (वचनात्) | ablative singular | because of a statement |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| dvādaśāhe (द्वादशाहे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | dvādaśāha (द्वादशाह) |
The phrases
vacanāt (वचनात्) is because of a statement. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
dvādaśāhe (द्वादशाहे) is dvādaśāha (द्वादशाह). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
dvādaśāhe (द्वादशाहे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanāt (वचनात्) and dvādaśāhe (द्वादशाहे).