5.4.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.4.13
स्याद् वा विधिस् तदर्थेन
syād vā vidhis tadarthena
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound or, an injunction, by means of for the sake of 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: syād (स्याद्) + vā (वा) + vidhiḥ (विधिः) + tadarthena (तदर्थेन)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| vidhiḥ (विधिः) | nominative singular | an injunction |
| tadarthena (तदर्थेन) | instrumental singular | for the sake of that |
The phrases
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
vidhiḥ (विधिः) is an injunction. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it vidhis. tadarthena (तदर्थेन) is for the sake of that. It stands as instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthena (तदर्थेन) is instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vidhis.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syād (स्याद्) and vidhiḥ (विधिः).
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