7.4.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.4.5
अपि वान्यायपूर्वत्वाद् यत्र नित्यानुवादवचनानि स्युः
api vānyāyapūrvatvād yatra nityānuvādavacanāni syuḥ
The line
Even, because of a compound: or, what is not the rule, the earlier, and the state of being that, where, a compound: eternal, a repetition, and a statement, they would be.
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-anyāya-pūrva-tvāt (वा-अन्याय-पूर्व-त्वात्) + yatra (यत्र) + nitya-anuvāda-vacanāni (नित्य-अनुवाद-वचनानि) + syuḥ (स्युः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā-anyāya-pūrva-tvāt (वा-अन्याय-पूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, what is not the rule, the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| yatra (यत्र) | indeclinable | where |
| nitya-anuvāda-vacanāni (नित्य-अनुवाद-वचनानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | a compound: eternal, a repetition, and a statement. Read it from the end |
| syuḥ (स्युः) | optative, third person plural | they would be |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā-anyāya-pūrva-tvāt (वा-अन्याय-पूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: or, what is not the rule, the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vānyāyapūrvatvād (वान्यायपूर्वत्वाद्). yatra (यत्र) is where. It stands as indeclinable.
nitya-anuvāda-vacanāni (नित्य-अनुवाद-वचनानि) is a compound: eternal, a repetition, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. syuḥ (स्युः) is they would be. It stands as optative, third person plural.
Sanskrit in this line
nitya-anuvāda-vacanāni (नित्य-अनुवाद-वचनानि) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vānyāyapūrvatvād (वान्यायपूर्वत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vā-anyāya-pūrva-tvāt (वा-अन्याय-पूर्व-त्वात्) and yatra (यत्र).