6.4.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.3
अपि वा शेषभाजां स्याद् विशिष्टकारणत्वात्
api vā śeṣabhājāṃ syād viśiṣṭakāraṇatvāt
The line
Even or, of a compound: the rest, what remains over, and bhāja (भाज), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: viśiṣṭa (विशिष्ट), a cause, and tvāta (त्वात).
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) + vā (वा) + śeṣa-bhājāṃ (शेष-भाजां) + syād (स्याद्) + viśiṣṭa-kāraṇa-tvāta (विशिष्ट-कारण-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śeṣa-bhājāṃ (शेष-भाजां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and bhāja (भाज). Read it from the end |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| viśiṣṭa-kāraṇa-tvāta (विशिष्ट-कारण-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: viśiṣṭa (विशिष्ट), a cause, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. śeṣa-bhājāṃ (शेष-भाजां) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and bhāja (भाज). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. viśiṣṭa-kāraṇa-tvāta (विशिष्ट-कारण-त्वात) is a compound: viśiṣṭa (विशिष्ट), a cause, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
viśiṣṭa-kāraṇa-tvāta (विशिष्ट-कारण-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣa-bhājāṃ (शेष-भाजां) and syād (स्याद्).