6.8.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.39
रूपान्यत्वान् न जातिशब्दः स्यात्
rūpānyatvān na jātiśabdaḥ syāt
The line
A compound: a form, other, and the state of being that, not a compound: a futile rejoinder, and a word, 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: rūpa-anya-tvān (रूप-अन्य-त्वान्) + na (न) + jāti-śabdaḥ (जाति-शब्दः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| rūpa-anya-tvān (रूप-अन्य-त्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a form, other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| jāti-śabdaḥ (जाति-शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a futile rejoinder, and a word. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
rūpa-anya-tvān (रूप-अन्य-त्वान्) is a compound: a form, other, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
jāti-śabdaḥ (जाति-शब्दः) is a compound: a futile rejoinder, and a word. 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
rūpa-anya-tvān (रूप-अन्य-त्वान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss rūpa-anya-tvān (रूप-अन्य-त्वान्) and jāti-śabdaḥ (जाति-शब्दः).
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