7.1.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.2
उत्पत्त्यर्थाविभागाद् वा सत्त्ववदैकधर्म्यं स्यात्
utpattyarthāvibhāgād vā sattvavad aikadharmyaṃ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: arising, the origin, arthā (अर्था), and disjunction or, a compound: the bright strand, and vada (वद), aikadharmya (ऐकधर्म्य), 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: utpatti-arthā-vibhāgāt (उत्पत्ति-अर्था-विभागात्) + vā (वा) + sattva-vada (सत्त्व-वद) + aikadharmyaṃ (ऐकधर्म्यं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utpatti-arthā-vibhāgāt (उत्पत्ति-अर्था-विभागात्) | ablative singular | a compound: arising, the origin, arthā (अर्था), and disjunction. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| sattva-vada (सत्त्व-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the bright strand, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| aikadharmyaṃ (ऐकधर्म्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | aikadharmya (ऐकधर्म्य) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
utpatti-arthā-vibhāgāt (उत्पत्ति-अर्था-विभागात्) is a compound: arising, the origin, arthā (अर्था), and disjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it utpattyarthāvibhāgād (उत्पत्त्यर्थाविभागाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. sattva-vada (सत्त्व-वद) is a compound: the bright strand, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
aikadharmyaṃ (ऐकधर्म्यं) is aikadharmya (ऐकधर्म्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or 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
utpatti-arthā-vibhāgāt (उत्पत्ति-अर्था-विभागात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it utpattyarthāvibhāgād (उत्पत्त्यर्थाविभागाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utpatti-arthā-vibhāgāt (उत्पत्ति-अर्था-विभागात्) and sattva-vada (सत्त्व-वद).