8.2.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.19
आमिक्षोभयभाव्यत्वादुभयविकारः स्यात्
āmikṣobhayabhāvyatvād ubhayavikāraḥ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: āmikṣo (आमिक्षो), fear, and bhāvyatva (भाव्यत्व), a compound: both, 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: āmikṣo-bhaya-bhāvyatvāt (आमिक्षो-भय-भाव्यत्वात्) + ubhaya-vikāraḥ (उभय-विकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| āmikṣo-bhaya-bhāvyatvāt (आमिक्षो-भय-भाव्यत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: āmikṣo (आमिक्षो), fear, and bhāvyatva (भाव्यत्व). Read it from the end |
| ubhaya-vikāraḥ (उभय-विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: both, and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
āmikṣo-bhaya-bhāvyatvāt (आमिक्षो-भय-भाव्यत्वात्) is a compound: āmikṣo (आमिक्षो), fear, and bhāvyatva (भाव्यत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it āmikṣobhayabhāvyatvād (आमिक्षोभयभाव्यत्वाद्). ubhaya-vikāraḥ (उभय-विकारः) is a compound: both, 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
āmikṣo-bhaya-bhāvyatvāt (आमिक्षो-भय-भाव्यत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it āmikṣobhayabhāvyatvād (आमिक्षोभयभाव्यत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss āmikṣo-bhaya-bhāvyatvāt (आमिक्षो-भय-भाव्यत्वात्) and ubhaya-vikāraḥ (उभय-विकारः).
Next
8.2.20. One or, because of a compound: a command, one, and the state of being that.