6.5.52
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.5.52
प्रयोगान्तरे वोभयानुग्रहः स्यात्
prayogāntare vobhayānugrahaḥ syāt
The line
In a compound: a performance, and a difference, an interval, vobhayānugraha (वोभयानुग्रह), 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: prayoga-antare (प्रयोग-अन्तरे) + vobhayānugrahaḥ (वोभयानुग्रहः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prayoga-antare (प्रयोग-अन्तरे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a performance, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| vobhayānugrahaḥ (वोभयानुग्रहः) | nominative singular, masculine | vobhayānugraha (वोभयानुग्रह) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
prayoga-antare (प्रयोग-अन्तरे) is a compound: a performance, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vobhayānugrahaḥ (वोभयानुग्रहः) is vobhayānugraha (वोभयानुग्रह). 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
vobhayānugrahaḥ (वोभयानुग्रहः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prayoga-antare (प्रयोग-अन्तरे) and vobhayānugrahaḥ (वोभयानुग्रहः).
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