7.2.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.14
अद्रव्यं चापि दृश्यते
adravyaṃ cāpi dṛśyate
The line
adravya (अद्रव्य) and even, is seen.
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. karmaśabdaḥ (कर्मशब्दः) from 7.2.13 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: adravyaṃ (अद्रव्यं) + ca (च) + api (अपि) + dṛśyate (दृश्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adravyaṃ (अद्रव्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | adravya (अद्रव्य) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| dṛśyate (दृश्यते) | present, third person singular | is seen |
The phrases
adravyaṃ (अद्रव्यं) is adravya (अद्रव्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि). dṛśyate (दृश्यते) is is seen. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
adravyaṃ (अद्रव्यं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adravyaṃ (अद्रव्यं) and dṛśyate (दृश्यते).