7.1.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.1.5
अविभागात् तु नैवं स्यात्
avibhāgāt tu naivaṃ syāt
The line
Because of avibhāga (अविभाग) but, not thus, 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 line is short. satve (सत्वे) from 7.1.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: avibhāgāt (अविभागात्) + tu (तु) + na (न) + evaṃ (एवं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avibhāgāt (अविभागात्) | ablative singular | avibhāga (अविभाग) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
avibhāgāt (अविभागात्) is avibhāga (अविभाग). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
avibhāgāt (अविभागात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss avibhāgāt (अविभागात्) and syāt (स्यात्).