8.4.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.23
न वाक्यशेषत्वाद् गुणार्थे च समाधानं नानात्वेनोपपद्यते
na vākyaśeṣatvād guṇārthe ca samādhānaṃ nānātvenopapadyate
The line
Not because of a compound: a sentence, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that, in a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning and, a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and setting up, not a compound: anātve (अनात्वे), and does not fit.
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: na (न) + vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) + guṇa-arthe (गुण-अर्थे) + ca (च) + sama-ādhānaṃ (सम-आधानं) + na (न) + anātve-nopapadyate (अनात्वे-नोपपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a sentence, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| guṇa-arthe (गुण-अर्थे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sama-ādhānaṃ (सम-आधानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and setting up. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| anātve-nopapadyate (अनात्वे-नोपपद्यते) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: anātve (अनात्वे), and does not fit. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) is a compound: a sentence, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vākyaśeṣatvād (वाक्यशेषत्वाद्). guṇa-arthe (गुण-अर्थे) is a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
sama-ādhānaṃ (सम-आधानं) is a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and setting up. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. anātve-nopapadyate (अनात्वे-नोपपद्यते) is a compound: anātve (अनात्वे), and does not fit. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
anātve-nopapadyate (अनात्वे-नोपपद्यते) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vākyaśeṣatvād (वाक्यशेषत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākya-śeṣa-tvāt (वाक्य-शेष-त्वात्) and guṇa-arthe (गुण-अर्थे).