6.6.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.6.4
स्याद् वा यज्ञार्थत्वादौदुम्बरीवत्
syād vā yajñārthatvād audumbarīvat
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound or, because of a compound: a sacrifice, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, audumbarīvat (औदुम्बरीवत्).
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: syād (स्याद्) + vā (वा) + yajña-artha-tvāt (यज्ञ-अर्थ-त्वात्) + audumbarīvat (औदुम्बरीवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| yajña-artha-tvāt (यज्ञ-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a sacrifice, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| audumbarīvat (औदुम्बरीवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
yajña-artha-tvāt (यज्ञ-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a sacrifice, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it yajñārthatvād (यज्ञार्थत्वाद्). audumbarīvat (औदुम्बरीवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
yajña-artha-tvāt (यज्ञ-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it yajñārthatvād (यज्ञार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syād (स्याद्) and yajña-artha-tvāt (यज्ञ-अर्थ-त्वात्).