6.6.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.6.24
वासिष्ठानां वा ब्रह्मत्वनियमात्
vāsiṣṭhānāṃ vā brahmatvaniyamāt
The line
Of vāsiṣṭha (वासिष्ठ) or, because of a compound: brahmatva (ब्रह्मत्व), and a restriction.
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 line is short. svāmitvād (स्वामित्वाद्) from 6.6.23 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vāsiṣṭhānāṃ (वासिष्ठानां) + vā (वा) + brahmatva-niyamāt (ब्रह्मत्व-नियमात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vāsiṣṭhānāṃ (वासिष्ठानां) | genitive plural | vāsiṣṭha (वासिष्ठ) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| brahmatva-niyamāt (ब्रह्मत्व-नियमात्) | ablative singular | a compound: brahmatva (ब्रह्मत्व), and a restriction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vāsiṣṭhānāṃ (वासिष्ठानां) is vāsiṣṭha (वासिष्ठ). It stands as genitive plural. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
brahmatva-niyamāt (ब्रह्मत्व-नियमात्) is a compound: brahmatva (ब्रह्मत्व), and a restriction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
brahmatva-niyamāt (ब्रह्मत्व-नियमात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vāsiṣṭhānāṃ (वासिष्ठानां) and brahmatva-niyamāt (ब्रह्मत्व-नियमात्).
Next
6.6.25. Of of all or, because of a compound: toward, against, and prasava (प्रसव).