7.4.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.4.6
मिथो विप्रतिषेधाच् च गुणानां यथार्थतल्पना स्यात्
mitho vipratiṣedhāc ca guṇānāṃ yathārthatalpanā syāt
The line
mitha (मिथ), because of a conflict between two rules and, of of the qualities, a compound: as, a thing, a meaning, and talpana (तल्पन), 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: mitho (मिथो) + vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) + ca (च) + guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) + yathā-artha-talpanā (यथा-अर्थ-तल्पना) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mitho (मिथो) | nominative singular, masculine | mitha (मिथ) |
| vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a conflict between two rules |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) | genitive plural | of the qualities |
| yathā-artha-talpanā (यथा-अर्थ-तल्पना) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: as, a thing, a meaning, and talpana (तल्पन). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
mitho (मिथो) is mitha (मिथ). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्) is a conflict between two rules. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vipratiṣedhāc (विप्रतिषेधाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) is of the qualities. It stands as genitive plural. yathā-artha-talpanā (यथा-अर्थ-तल्पना) is a compound: as, a thing, a meaning, and talpana (तल्पन). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
yathā-artha-talpanā (यथा-अर्थ-तल्पना) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vipratiṣedhāc (विप्रतिषेधाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mitho (मिथो) and vipratiṣedhāt (विप्रतिषेधात्).