6.4.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.13
गुणानां च परार्थत्वाद् वचनाद् व्यपाश्रय स्यात्
guṇānāṃ ca parārthatvād vacanād vyapāśraya syāt
The line
Of of the qualities and, because of because it is for another's sake, because of because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound, vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय), it would be, let it be granted.
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: guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) + ca (च) + parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) + vacanād (वचनाद्) + vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) | genitive plural | of the qualities |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for another's sake |
| vacanād (वचनाद्) | ablative singular | because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound |
| vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) is of the qualities. It stands as genitive plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is because it is for another's sake. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it parārthatvād (परार्थत्वाद्).
vacanād (वचनाद्) is because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as ablative singular. vyapāśraya (व्यपाश्रय) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it parārthatvād (परार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) and parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्).
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