6.7.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.7.16
अतद्गुणत्वात् नैवं स्यात्
atadguṇatvāt naivaṃ syāt
The line
Because of atadguṇatva (अतद्गुणत्व), not thus, it would be, let it be granted.
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. dvādaśaśataṃ (द्वादशशतं) from 6.7.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: atadguṇatvāt (अतद्गुणत्वात्) + na (न) + evaṃ (एवं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| atadguṇatvāt (अतद्गुणत्वात्) | ablative singular | atadguṇatva (अतद्गुणत्व) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
atadguṇatvāt (अतद्गुणत्वात्) is atadguṇatva (अतद्गुणत्व). It stands as ablative singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
atadguṇatvāt (अतद्गुणत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss atadguṇatvāt (अतद्गुणत्वात्) and syāt (स्यात्).
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