8.1.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.25
अपि वातद्विकारत्वात् क्रत्वर्थत्वात् प्रवृत्तिः स्यात्
api vātadvikāratvāt kratvarthatvāt pravṛttiḥ syāt
The line
Even, because of a compound: or, that, a transformation, and the state of being that, because of a compound: a rite, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, activity, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Transfer by specific indications. The signs in a variant rite's own sentence say which model it borrows from. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: api (अपि) + vā-tad-vikāra-tvāt (वा-तद्-विकार-त्वात्) + kratu-artha-tvāt (क्रतु-अर्थ-त्वात्) + pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā-tad-vikāra-tvāt (वा-तद्-विकार-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, that, a transformation, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| kratu-artha-tvāt (क्रतु-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a rite, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | activity |
| 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-tad-vikāra-tvāt (वा-तद्-विकार-त्वात्) is a compound: or, that, a transformation, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. kratu-artha-tvāt (क्रतु-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a rite, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) is activity. 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
vā-tad-vikāra-tvāt (वा-तद्-विकार-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vā-tad-vikāra-tvāt (वा-तद्-विकार-त्वात्) and kratu-artha-tvāt (क्रतु-अर्थ-त्वात्).