7.3.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.5
अपि वा सत्रकर्मणि गुणार्थैषा श्रुतिः स्यात्
api vā satrakarmaṇi guṇārthaiṣā śrutiḥ syāt
The line
Even or, in satrakarmaṇa (सत्रकर्मण), guṇārthaiṣa (गुणार्थैष), scripture, 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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + satrakarmaṇi (सत्रकर्मणि) + guṇārthaiṣā (गुणार्थैषा) + śrutiḥ (श्रुतिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| satrakarmaṇi (सत्रकर्मणि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | satrakarmaṇa (सत्रकर्मण) |
| guṇārthaiṣā (गुणार्थैषा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | guṇārthaiṣa (गुणार्थैष) |
| śrutiḥ (श्रुतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | scripture |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. satrakarmaṇi (सत्रकर्मणि) is satrakarmaṇa (सत्रकर्मण). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
guṇārthaiṣā (गुणार्थैषा) is guṇārthaiṣa (गुणार्थैष). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. śrutiḥ (श्रुतिः) is scripture. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
satrakarmaṇi (सत्रकर्मणि) is locative singular, or nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss satrakarmaṇi (सत्रकर्मणि) and guṇārthaiṣā (गुणार्थैषा).