8.2.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.25
अपि वा यजतिश्रुतेरहीनभूतप्रवृत्तिः स्यात् प्रकृत्या तुल्य शब्दत्वात्
api vā yajatiśruter ahīnabhūtapravṛttiḥ syāt prakṛtyā tulya śabdatvāt
The line
Even or, of a compound: yajati (यजति), and heard, a compound: ahīna (अहीन), an element, and pravṛtta (प्रवृत्त), it would be, let it be granted, prakṛtya (प्रकृत्य), like, equal, because of a compound: a word, and the state of being that.
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 (वा) + yajati-śruteḥ (यजति-श्रुतेः) + ahīna-bhūta-pravṛttiḥ (अहीन-भूत-प्रवृत्तिः) + syāt (स्यात्) + prakṛtyā (प्रकृत्या) + tulya (तुल्य) + śabda-tvāt (शब्द-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| yajati-śruteḥ (यजति-श्रुतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: yajati (यजति), and heard. Read it from the end |
| ahīna-bhūta-pravṛttiḥ (अहीन-भूत-प्रवृत्तिः) | nominative singular | a compound: ahīna (अहीन), an element, and pravṛtta (प्रवृत्त). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prakṛtyā (प्रकृत्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | prakṛtya (प्रकृत्य) |
| tulya (तुल्य) | the stem, as the line writes it | like, equal |
| śabda-tvāt (शब्द-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. yajati-śruteḥ (यजति-श्रुतेः) is a compound: yajati (यजति), and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it yajatiśruter (यजतिश्रुतेर्). ahīna-bhūta-pravṛttiḥ (अहीन-भूत-प्रवृत्तिः) is a compound: ahīna (अहीन), an element, and pravṛtta (प्रवृत्त). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. prakṛtyā (प्रकृत्या) is prakṛtya (प्रकृत्य). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. tulya (तुल्य) is like, equal. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. śabda-tvāt (शब्द-त्वात्) is a compound: a word, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ahīna-bhūta-pravṛttiḥ (अहीन-भूत-प्रवृत्तिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it yajatiśruter (यजतिश्रुतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yajati-śruteḥ (यजति-श्रुतेः) and ahīna-bhūta-pravṛttiḥ (अहीन-भूत-प्रवृत्तिः).