8.4.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.24
येषां वापरयोर् हेमस् तेषां स्यादविरोधात्
yeṣāṃ vāparayor hemas teṣāṃ syād avirodhāt
The line
Of of whom, of a compound: or, and another, the higher, hemas (हेम), of of them, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of absence of collision.
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: yeṣāṃ (येषां) + vā-parayoḥ (वा-परयोः) + hemas (हेम) + teṣāṃ (तेषां) + syād (स्याद्) + avirodhāt (अविरोधात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yeṣāṃ (येषां) | genitive plural | of whom |
| vā-parayoḥ (वा-परयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a compound: or, and another, the higher. Read it from the end |
| hemas (हेम) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| teṣāṃ (तेषां) | genitive plural | of them |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| avirodhāt (अविरोधात्) | ablative singular | absence of collision |
The phrases
yeṣāṃ (येषां) is of whom. It stands as genitive plural. vā-parayoḥ (वा-परयोः) is a compound: or, and another, the higher. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line writes it vāparayor (वापरयोर्). hemas (हेम) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
teṣāṃ (तेषां) is of them. It stands as genitive plural. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. avirodhāt (अविरोधात्) is absence of collision. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vā-parayoḥ (वा-परयोः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vāparayor (वापरयोर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yeṣāṃ (येषां) and vā-parayoḥ (वा-परयोः).