7.2.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.20
स्यादर्थान्तरेष्वनिष्पत्तेर् यथा पाके
syād arthāntareṣv aniṣpatter yathā pāke
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, arthāntareṣv (अर्थान्तरेष्व्), aniṣpatter (अनिष्पत्तेर्), as, in pāka (पाक).
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: syād (स्याद्) + arthāntareṣv (अर्थान्तरेष्व्) + aniṣpatter (अनिष्पत्तेर्) + yathā (यथा) + pāke (पाके)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| arthāntareṣv (अर्थान्तरेष्व्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| aniṣpatter (अनिष्पत्तेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| pāke (पाके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | pāka (पाक) |
The phrases
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. arthāntareṣv (अर्थान्तरेष्व्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. aniṣpatter (अनिष्पत्तेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. pāke (पाके) is pāka (पाक). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
arthāntareṣv (अर्थान्तरेष्व्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syād (स्याद्) and arthāntareṣv (अर्थान्तरेष्व्).