8.3.31
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.31
यदि वाविशये नियमः प्रकृत्युपबन्धाच् छरेष्वपि प्रसिद्धः स्यात्
yadi vāviśaye niyamaḥ prakṛtyupabandhāc chareṣv api prasiddhaḥ syāt
The line
If, for vāviśa (वाविश), a restriction, because of a compound: nature, what is seen, upaba (उपब), and ndha (न्ध), chareṣv (छरेष्व्) even, already familiar, 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: yadi (यदि) + vāviśaye (वाविशये) + niyamaḥ (नियमः) + prakṛti-upaba-ndhāt (प्रकृति-उपब-न्धात्) + chareṣv (छरेष्व्) + api (अपि) + prasiddhaḥ (प्रसिद्धः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yadi (यदि) | indeclinable | if |
| vāviśaye (वाविशये) | dative singular | vāviśa (वाविश) |
| niyamaḥ (नियमः) | nominative singular, masculine | a restriction |
| prakṛti-upaba-ndhāt (प्रकृति-उपब-न्धात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, upaba (उपब), and ndha (न्ध). Read it from the end |
| chareṣv (छरेष्व्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| prasiddhaḥ (प्रसिद्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | already familiar |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
yadi (यदि) is if. It stands as indeclinable. vāviśaye (वाविशये) is vāviśa (वाविश). It stands as dative singular. niyamaḥ (नियमः) is a restriction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. prakṛti-upaba-ndhāt (प्रकृति-उपब-न्धात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, upaba (उपब), and ndha (न्ध). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakṛtyupabandhāc (प्रकृत्युपबन्धाच्).
chareṣv (छरेष्व्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. prasiddhaḥ (प्रसिद्धः) is already familiar. 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
prakṛti-upaba-ndhāt (प्रकृति-उपब-न्धात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it prakṛtyupabandhāc (प्रकृत्युपबन्धाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vāviśaye (वाविशये) and niyamaḥ (नियमः).