7.4.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.4.18
अर्थापत्तेर् द्रव्येषु धर्मलाभः स्यात्
arthāpatter dravyeṣu dharmalābhaḥ syāt
The line
arthāpatter (अर्थापत्तेर्), in a substance, a compound: dharma, a property, and lābha (लाभ), 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: arthāpatter (अर्थापत्तेर्) + dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु) + dharma-lābhaḥ (धर्म-लाभः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthāpatter (अर्थापत्तेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु) | locative plural | a substance |
| dharma-lābhaḥ (धर्म-लाभः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: dharma, a property, and lābha (लाभ). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
arthāpatter (अर्थापत्तेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु) is a substance. It stands as locative plural.
dharma-lābhaḥ (धर्म-लाभः) is a compound: dharma, a property, and lābha (लाभ). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dharma-lābhaḥ (धर्म-लाभः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthāpatter (अर्थापत्तेर्) and dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु).
Next
7.4.19. pravṛttya (प्रवृत्त्य), of niyata (नियत), a compound: a mark, and seeing.