7.1.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.12
अर्थस्य शब्दभाव्यत्वात् प्रकरणनिबन्धनाच् छब्दादेवान्यत्र भावः स्यात्
arthasya śabdabhāvyatvāt prakaraṇanibandhanāc chabdād evānyatra bhāvaḥ syāt
The line
Of of the thing, because of a compound: a word, and bhāvyatva (भाव्यत्व), because of a compound: the context, niba (निब), and ndhana (न्धन), because of chabda (छब्द) just, elsewhere, a being, a state, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. Transfer. The details of a model rite are carried to a variant rite, and where that carrying stops. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: arthasya (अर्थस्य) + śabda-bhāvyatvāt (शब्द-भाव्यत्वात्) + prakaraṇa-niba-ndhanāt (प्रकरण-निब-न्धनात्) + chabdād (छब्दाद्) + eva (एव) + anyatra (अन्यत्र) + bhāvaḥ (भावः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthasya (अर्थस्य) | genitive singular | of the thing |
| śabda-bhāvyatvāt (शब्द-भाव्यत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, and bhāvyatva (भाव्यत्व). Read it from the end |
| prakaraṇa-niba-ndhanāt (प्रकरण-निब-न्धनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the context, niba (निब), and ndhana (न्धन). Read it from the end |
| chabdād (छब्दाद्) | ablative singular | chabda (छब्द) |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| anyatra (अन्यत्र) | indeclinable | elsewhere |
| bhāvaḥ (भावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a being, a state |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
arthasya (अर्थस्य) is of the thing. It stands as genitive singular. śabda-bhāvyatvāt (शब्द-भाव्यत्वात्) is a compound: a word, and bhāvyatva (भाव्यत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. prakaraṇa-niba-ndhanāt (प्रकरण-निब-न्धनात्) is a compound: the context, niba (निब), and ndhana (न्धन). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakaraṇanibandhanāc (प्रकरणनिबन्धनाच्). chabdād (छब्दाद्) is chabda (छब्द). It stands as ablative singular.
eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. anyatra (अन्यत्र) is elsewhere. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as evānyatra (एवान्यत्र). bhāvaḥ (भावः) is a being, a state. 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
prakaraṇa-niba-ndhanāt (प्रकरण-निब-न्धनात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it prakaraṇanibandhanāc (प्रकरणनिबन्धनाच्). The line joins them as evānyatra (एवान्यत्र).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthasya (अर्थस्य) and śabda-bhāvyatvāt (शब्द-भाव्यत्वात्).