6.3.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.3.12
अपि वाव्यतिरेकाद् रूपशब्दाविभागाच् च गोत्ववदैककर्म्यं स्यान् नामधेयं च सत्त्ववत्
api vāvyatirekād rūpaśabdāvibhāgāc ca gotvavad aikakarmyaṃ syān nāmadheyaṃ ca sattvavat
The line
Even, because of vāvyatireka (वाव्यतिरेक), because of a compound: a form, śabdā (शब्दा), and disjunction and, gotvavad (गोत्ववद्), being one and the same act, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n, a name and, a compound: the bright strand, and possessing.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. Who may perform. Eligibility, and the way substances are tied to an act. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: api (अपि) + vāvyatirekād (वाव्यतिरेकाद्) + rūpa-śabdā-vibhāgāt (रूप-शब्दा-विभागात्) + ca (च) + gotvavad (गोत्ववद्) + aikakarmyaṃ (ऐककर्म्यं) + syān (स्यान्) + nāmadheyaṃ (नामधेयं) + ca (च) + sattva-vat (सत्त्व-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vāvyatirekād (वाव्यतिरेकाद्) | ablative singular | vāvyatireka (वाव्यतिरेक) |
| rūpa-śabdā-vibhāgāt (रूप-शब्दा-विभागात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a form, śabdā (शब्दा), and disjunction. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| gotvavad (गोत्ववद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| aikakarmyaṃ (ऐककर्म्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | being one and the same act |
| syān (स्यान्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n |
| nāmadheyaṃ (नामधेयं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a name |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sattva-vat (सत्त्व-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the bright strand, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vāvyatirekād (वाव्यतिरेकाद्) is vāvyatireka (वाव्यतिरेक). It stands as ablative singular. rūpa-śabdā-vibhāgāt (रूप-शब्दा-विभागात्) is a compound: a form, śabdā (शब्दा), and disjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it rūpaśabdāvibhāgāc (रूपशब्दाविभागाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. gotvavad (गोत्ववद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
aikakarmyaṃ (ऐककर्म्यं) is being one and the same act. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syān (स्यान्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n. It stands as optative, third person singular. nāmadheyaṃ (नामधेयं) is a name. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. sattva-vat (सत्त्व-वत्) is a compound: the bright strand, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
rūpa-śabdā-vibhāgāt (रूप-शब्दा-विभागात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it rūpaśabdāvibhāgāc (रूपशब्दाविभागाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vāvyatirekād (वाव्यतिरेकाद्) and rūpa-śabdā-vibhāgāt (रूप-शब्दा-विभागात्).