6.6.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.6.21
गार्हपते वा स्यातामविप्रतिषेधात्
gārhapate vā syātām avipratiṣedhāt
The line
In gārhapata (गार्हपत) or, of it would be, because of avipratiṣedha (अविप्रतिषेध).
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: gārhapate (गार्हपते) + vā (वा) + syātām (स्याताम्) + avipratiṣedhāt (अविप्रतिषेधात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gārhapate (गार्हपते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | gārhapata (गार्हपत) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syātām (स्याताम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | it would be |
| avipratiṣedhāt (अविप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | avipratiṣedha (अविप्रतिषेध) |
The phrases
gārhapate (गार्हपते) is gārhapata (गार्हपत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
syātām (स्याताम्) is it would be. It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. avipratiṣedhāt (अविप्रतिषेधात्) is avipratiṣedha (अविप्रतिषेध). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
avipratiṣedhāt (अविप्रतिषेधात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss gārhapate (गार्हपते) and syātām (स्याताम्).
Next
6.6.22. Not or, because of a compound: kalpa (कल्प), and a clash.