6.7.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.7.24
अधिकं वा स्याद् बहूर्थत्वादितरेषां सन्निधानात्
adhikaṃ vā syād bahūrthatvād itareṣāṃ sannidhānāt
The line
More or, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of bahūrthatva (बहूर्थत्व), a compound: the others, and ṣāṃa (षांअ), because of presence, being at hand.
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: adhikaṃ (अधिकं) + vā (वा) + syād (स्याद्) + bahūrthatvād (बहूर्थत्वाद्) + itare-ṣāṃa (इतरे-षांअ) + sannidhānāt (सन्निधानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adhikaṃ (अधिकं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | more |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| bahūrthatvād (बहूर्थत्वाद्) | ablative singular | bahūrthatva (बहूर्थत्व) |
| itare-ṣāṃa (इतरे-षांअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the others, and ṣāṃa (षांअ). Read it from the end |
| sannidhānāt (सन्निधानात्) | ablative singular | presence, being at hand |
The phrases
adhikaṃ (अधिकं) is more. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular.
bahūrthatvād (बहूर्थत्वाद्) is bahūrthatva (बहूर्थत्व). It stands as ablative singular. itare-ṣāṃa (इतरे-षांअ) is a compound: the others, and ṣāṃa (षांअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. sannidhānāt (सन्निधानात्) is presence, being at hand. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bahūrthatvād (बहूर्थत्वाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adhikaṃ (अधिकं) and syād (स्याद्).