7.1.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.16
अपि वा यद्यपूर्वत्वादितरदधिकार्थे ज्यौतिष्टोमिकाद् विधेस् तद्वाचकं समानं स्यात्
api vā yady apūrvatvād itaradadhikārthe jyautiṣṭomikād vidhes tadvācakaṃ samānaṃ syāt
The line
Even or, if. yadi before a vowel, because of a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that, in a compound: the other, dadhi (दधि), and kārtha (कार्थ), because of jyautiṣṭomika (ज्यौतिष्टोमिक), of an injunction, a compound: that, and verbal, the same, 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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + yady (यद्य्) + apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) + itara-dadhi-kārthe (इतर-दधि-कार्थे) + jyautiṣṭomikād (ज्यौतिष्टोमिकाद्) + vidheḥ (विधेः) + tad-vācakaṃ (तद्-वाचकं) + samānaṃ (समानं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| yady (यद्य्) | indeclinable | if. yadi before a vowel |
| apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| itara-dadhi-kārthe (इतर-दधि-कार्थे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: the other, dadhi (दधि), and kārtha (कार्थ). Read it from the end |
| jyautiṣṭomikād (ज्यौतिष्टोमिकाद्) | ablative singular | jyautiṣṭomika (ज्यौतिष्टोमिक) |
| vidheḥ (विधेः) | genitive or ablative singular | an injunction |
| tad-vācakaṃ (तद्-वाचकं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: that, and verbal. Read it from the end |
| samānaṃ (समानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the same |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. yady (यद्य्) is if. yadi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it apūrvatvād (अपूर्वत्वाद्). itara-dadhi-kārthe (इतर-दधि-कार्थे) is a compound: the other, dadhi (दधि), and kārtha (कार्थ). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
jyautiṣṭomikād (ज्यौतिष्टोमिकाद्) is jyautiṣṭomika (ज्यौतिष्टोमिक). It stands as ablative singular. vidheḥ (विधेः) is an injunction. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it vidhes. tad-vācakaṃ (तद्-वाचकं) is a compound: that, and verbal. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. samānaṃ (समानं) is the same. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
itara-dadhi-kārthe (इतर-दधि-कार्थे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it apūrvatvād (अपूर्वत्वाद्). The line writes it vidhes.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) and itara-dadhi-kārthe (इतर-दधि-कार्थे).