6.5.51
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.5.51
तत्र विप्रतिषेधाद् विकल्पः स्यात्
tatra vipratiṣedhād vikalpaḥ syāt
The line
There, because of a conflict between two rules, an alternative, a division, 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: tatra (तत्र) + vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) + vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a conflict between two rules |
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) is a conflict between two rules. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vipratiṣedhād (विप्रतिषेधाद्).
vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vipratiṣedhād (विप्रतिषेधाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tatra (तत्र) and vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्).