5.3.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.14
अपि वा गायत्रीबृहत्यनुष्टुप्सु वचनात्
api vā gāyatrībṛhatyanuṣṭupsu vacanāt
The line
Even or, gāyatrībṛhatyanuṣṭupsu (गायत्रीबृहत्यनुष्टुप्सु), because of because of a statement.
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 5.3.13 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + gāyatrībṛhatyanuṣṭupsu (गायत्रीबृहत्यनुष्टुप्सु) + vacanāt (वचनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| gāyatrībṛhatyanuṣṭupsu (गायत्रीबृहत्यनुष्टुप्सु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vacanāt (वचनात्) | ablative singular | because of a statement |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
gāyatrībṛhatyanuṣṭupsu (गायत्रीबृहत्यनुष्टुप्सु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vacanāt (वचनात्) is because of a statement. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
gāyatrībṛhatyanuṣṭupsu (गायत्रीबृहत्यनुष्टुप्सु) 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 gāyatrībṛhatyanuṣṭupsu (गायत्रीबृहत्यनुष्टुप्सु) and vacanāt (वचनात्).