8.1.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.40
मधूदके द्रव्यसामान्यात् पयोविकारः स्यात्
madhūdake dravyasāmānyāt payovikāraḥ syāt
The line
In madhūdaka (मधूदक), because of a compound: a substance, and a common case, a compound: payo (पयो), and a transformation, 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: madhūdake (मधूदके) + dravya-sāmānyāt (द्रव्य-सामान्यात्) + payo-vikāraḥ (पयो-विकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| madhūdake (मधूदके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | madhūdaka (मधूदक) |
| dravya-sāmānyāt (द्रव्य-सामान्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a substance, and a common case. Read it from the end |
| payo-vikāraḥ (पयो-विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: payo (पयो), and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
madhūdake (मधूदके) is madhūdaka (मधूदक). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. dravya-sāmānyāt (द्रव्य-सामान्यात्) is a compound: a substance, and a common case. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
payo-vikāraḥ (पयो-विकारः) is a compound: payo (पयो), and a transformation. 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
dravya-sāmānyāt (द्रव्य-सामान्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss madhūdake (मधूदके) and dravya-sāmānyāt (द्रव्य-सामान्यात्).
Next
8.1.41. Clarified butter or, because of a compound: a sound, a class, and a common case.