6.4.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.27
द्रव्योत्पत्तेर् वोभयोः स्यात्
dravyotpatter vobhayoḥ syāt
The line
dravyotpatter (द्रव्योत्पत्तेर्) or, of of both, 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: dravyotpatter (द्रव्योत्पत्तेर्) + vā (वा) + ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravyotpatter (द्रव्योत्पत्तेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) | genitive or locative dual | of both |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
dravyotpatter (द्रव्योत्पत्तेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
ubhayoḥ (उभयोः) is of both. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line joins them as vobhayoḥ (वोभयोः). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dravyotpatter (द्रव्योत्पत्तेर्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as vobhayoḥ (वोभयोः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravyotpatter (द्रव्योत्पत्तेर्) and ubhayoḥ (उभयोः).