6.8.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.21
अपि वा लौकिकेऽग्नौ स्यादाधानस्यासर्वशेषत्वात्
api vā laukike 'gnau syād ādhānasyāsarvaśeṣatvāt
The line
Even or, in an ordinary person, fire, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of a compound: setting up, syāsa (स्यास), rvaśe (र्वशे), and ṣatva (षत्व).
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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + laukike (लौकिके) + agnau (अग्नौ) + syād (स्याद्) + ādhāna-syāsa-rvaśe-ṣatvāt (आधान-स्यास-र्वशे-षत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| laukike (लौकिके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | an ordinary person |
| agnau (अग्नौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | fire |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| ādhāna-syāsa-rvaśe-ṣatvāt (आधान-स्यास-र्वशे-षत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: setting up, syāsa (स्यास), rvaśe (र्वशे), and ṣatva (षत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. laukike (लौकिके) is an ordinary person. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
agnau (अग्नौ) is fire. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. ādhāna-syāsa-rvaśe-ṣatvāt (आधान-स्यास-र्वशे-षत्वात्) is a compound: setting up, syāsa (स्यास), rvaśe (र्वशे), and ṣatva (षत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ādhāna-syāsa-rvaśe-ṣatvāt (आधान-स्यास-र्वशे-षत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss laukike (लौकिके) and agnau (अग्नौ).