6.6.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.6.10
अपि वा कृत्स्नसंयोगादविघातः प्रतीयेत स्वामित्वेनाभिसंबन्धात्
api vā kṛtsnasaṃyogād avighātaḥ pratīyeta svāmitvenābhisaṃbandhāt
The line
Even or, because of a compound: kṛtsna (कृत्स्न), and conjunction, avighāta (अविघात), would be understood, because of svāmitvenābhisaṃbandha (स्वामित्वेनाभिसंबन्ध).
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) + kṛtsna-saṃyogāt (कृत्स्न-संयोगात्) + avighātaḥ (अविघातः) + pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) + svāmitvenābhisaṃbandhāt (स्वामित्वेनाभिसंबन्धात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kṛtsna-saṃyogāt (कृत्स्न-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: kṛtsna (कृत्स्न), and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| avighātaḥ (अविघातः) | nominative singular, masculine | avighāta (अविघात) |
| pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) | optative, third person singular | would be understood |
| svāmitvenābhisaṃbandhāt (स्वामित्वेनाभिसंबन्धात्) | ablative singular | svāmitvenābhisaṃbandha (स्वामित्वेनाभिसंबन्ध) |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. kṛtsna-saṃyogāt (कृत्स्न-संयोगात्) is a compound: kṛtsna (कृत्स्न), and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kṛtsnasaṃyogād (कृत्स्नसंयोगाद्).
avighātaḥ (अविघातः) is avighāta (अविघात). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) is would be understood. It stands as optative, third person singular. svāmitvenābhisaṃbandhāt (स्वामित्वेनाभिसंबन्धात्) is svāmitvenābhisaṃbandha (स्वामित्वेनाभिसंबन्ध). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
svāmitvenābhisaṃbandhāt (स्वामित्वेनाभिसंबन्धात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kṛtsnasaṃyogād (कृत्स्नसंयोगाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kṛtsna-saṃyogāt (कृत्स्न-संयोगात्) and avighātaḥ (अविघातः).