7.3.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.33
संस्कृतं स्यात् तच्छब्दत्वात्
saṃskṛtaṃ syāt tacchabdatvāt
The line
The conditioned, it would be, let it be granted, because of tacchabdatva (तच्छब्दत्व).
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: saṃskṛtaṃ (संस्कृतं) + syāt (स्यात्) + tacchabdatvāt (तच्छब्दत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskṛtaṃ (संस्कृतं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the conditioned |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tacchabdatvāt (तच्छब्दत्वात्) | ablative singular | tacchabdatva (तच्छब्दत्व) |
The phrases
saṃskṛtaṃ (संस्कृतं) is the conditioned. 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.
tacchabdatvāt (तच्छब्दत्वात्) is tacchabdatva (तच्छब्दत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tacchabdatvāt (तच्छब्दत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskṛtaṃ (संस्कृतं) and syāt (स्यात्).