6.6.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.6.9
सन्निपातात् तु निमित्तविघातः स्याद् बृहद्रथन्तरवद् विभक्तशिष्टत्वाद् वसिष्ठनिर्वर्त्ये
sannipātāt tu nimittavighātaḥ syād bṛhadrathantaravad vibhaktaśiṣṭatvād vasiṣṭhanirvartye
The line
Because of sannipāta (सन्निपात) but, a compound: the efficient ground, and a blocking, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, bṛhadrathantaravad (बृहद्रथन्तरवद्), because of vibhaktaśiṣṭatva (विभक्तशिष्टत्व), in vasiṣṭhanirvartya (वसिष्ठनिर्वर्त्य).
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: sannipātāt (सन्निपातात्) + tu (तु) + nimitta-vighātaḥ (निमित्त-विघातः) + syād (स्याद्) + bṛhadrathantaravad (बृहद्रथन्तरवद्) + vibhaktaśiṣṭatvād (विभक्तशिष्टत्वाद्) + vasiṣṭhanirvartye (वसिष्ठनिर्वर्त्ये)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sannipātāt (सन्निपातात्) | ablative singular | sannipāta (सन्निपात) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| nimitta-vighātaḥ (निमित्त-विघातः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the efficient ground, and a blocking. Read it from the end |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| bṛhadrathantaravad (बृहद्रथन्तरवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vibhaktaśiṣṭatvād (विभक्तशिष्टत्वाद्) | ablative singular | vibhaktaśiṣṭatva (विभक्तशिष्टत्व) |
| vasiṣṭhanirvartye (वसिष्ठनिर्वर्त्ये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vasiṣṭhanirvartya (वसिष्ठनिर्वर्त्य) |
The phrases
sannipātāt (सन्निपातात्) is sannipāta (सन्निपात). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. nimitta-vighātaḥ (निमित्त-विघातः) is a compound: the efficient ground, and a blocking. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular.
bṛhadrathantaravad (बृहद्रथन्तरवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vibhaktaśiṣṭatvād (विभक्तशिष्टत्वाद्) is vibhaktaśiṣṭatva (विभक्तशिष्टत्व). It stands as ablative singular. vasiṣṭhanirvartye (वसिष्ठनिर्वर्त्ये) is vasiṣṭhanirvartya (वसिष्ठनिर्वर्त्य). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
bṛhadrathantaravad (बृहद्रथन्तरवद्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sannipātāt (सन्निपातात्) and nimitta-vighātaḥ (निमित्त-विघातः).