6.3.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.3.5
अर्थस्य व्यपवर्गित्वादेकस्यापि प्रयोगे स्याद् यथा क्रत्वन्तरेषु
arthasya vyapavargitvād ekasyāpi prayoge syād yathā kratvantareṣu
The line
Of of the thing, because of vyapavargitva (व्यपवर्गित्व), of one even, in in use, in the performance, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, as, in a compound: a rite, and a difference, an interval.
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: arthasya (अर्थस्य) + vyapavargitvād (व्यपवर्गित्वाद्) + ekasya (एकस्य) + api (अपि) + prayoge (प्रयोगे) + syād (स्याद्) + yathā (यथा) + kratu-antareṣu (क्रतु-अन्तरेषु)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthasya (अर्थस्य) | genitive singular | of the thing |
| vyapavargitvād (व्यपवर्गित्वाद्) | ablative singular | vyapavargitva (व्यपवर्गित्व) |
| ekasya (एकस्य) | genitive singular | one |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| prayoge (प्रयोगे) | locative singular | in use, in the performance |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| kratu-antareṣu (क्रतु-अन्तरेषु) | locative plural | a compound: a rite, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
The phrases
arthasya (अर्थस्य) is of the thing. It stands as genitive singular. vyapavargitvād (व्यपवर्गित्वाद्) is vyapavargitva (व्यपवर्गित्व). It stands as ablative singular. ekasya (एकस्य) is one. It stands as genitive singular. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as ekasyāpi (एकस्यापि).
prayoge (प्रयोगे) is in use, in the performance. It stands as locative singular. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. kratu-antareṣu (क्रतु-अन्तरेषु) is a compound: a rite, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as locative plural.
Sanskrit in this line
vyapavargitvād (व्यपवर्गित्वाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins it on as ekasyāpi (एकस्यापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthasya (अर्थस्य) and vyapavargitvād (व्यपवर्गित्वाद्).