6.7.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.7.30
अर्थवादो वा विधिशेषत्वात् तस्मान् नित्यानुवादः स्यात्
arthavādo vā vidhiśeṣatvāt tasmān nityānuvādaḥ syāt
The line
Praise, words that are not the command or, because of a compound: an injunction, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that, therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before n, a compound: eternal, and a repetition, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) + vā (वा) + vidhi-śeṣa-tvāt (विधि-शेष-त्वात्) + tasmān (तस्मान्) + nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) | nominative singular, masculine | praise, words that are not the command |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| vidhi-śeṣa-tvāt (विधि-शेष-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an injunction, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tasmān (तस्मान्) | indeclinable | therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before n |
| nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: eternal, and a repetition. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) is praise, words that are not the command. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it arthavādo (अर्थवादो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. vidhi-śeṣa-tvāt (विधि-शेष-त्वात्) is a compound: an injunction, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
tasmān (तस्मान्) is therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before n. It stands as indeclinable. nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) is a compound: eternal, and a repetition. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhi-śeṣa-tvāt (विधि-शेष-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it arthavādo (अर्थवादो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) and vidhi-śeṣa-tvāt (विधि-शेष-त्वात्).