5.4.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.4.15
स्वकाले स्यादविप्रतिषेधात्
svakāle syād avipratiṣedhāt
The line
In a compound: one's own, and time, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of avipratiṣedha (अविप्रतिषेध).
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: sva-kāle (स्व-काले) + syād (स्याद्) + avipratiṣedhāt (अविप्रतिषेधात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sva-kāle (स्व-काले) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: one's own, and time. Read it from the end |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| avipratiṣedhāt (अविप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | avipratiṣedha (अविप्रतिषेध) |
The phrases
sva-kāle (स्व-काले) is a compound: one's own, and time. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular.
avipratiṣedhāt (अविप्रतिषेधात्) is avipratiṣedha (अविप्रतिषेध). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
avipratiṣedhāt (अविप्रतिषेधात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sva-kāle (स्व-काले) and syād (स्याद्).