5.3.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.25
न्यायविप्रतिषेधाच् च
nyāyavipratiṣedhāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: the rule, the right way, and a conflict between two rules and.
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. arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) from 5.3.24 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: nyāya-vipratiṣedhāt (न्याय-विप्रतिषेधात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nyāya-vipratiṣedhāt (न्याय-विप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the rule, the right way, and a conflict between two rules. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
nyāya-vipratiṣedhāt (न्याय-विप्रतिषेधात्) is a compound: the rule, the right way, and a conflict between two rules. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it nyāyavipratiṣedhāc (न्यायविप्रतिषेधाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
nyāya-vipratiṣedhāt (न्याय-विप्रतिषेधात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it nyāyavipratiṣedhāc (न्यायविप्रतिषेधाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nyāya-vipratiṣedhāt (न्याय-विप्रतिषेधात्).