9.1.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.41
विकारस् तत्प्रधाने स्यात्
vikāras tatpradhāne syāt
The line
A transformation, in having that as its main thing, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vikāraḥ (विकारः) + tatpradhāne (तत्प्रधाने) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| tatpradhāne (तत्प्रधाने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | having that as its main thing |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vikāras (विकार). tatpradhāne (तत्प्रधाने) is having that as its main thing. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tatpradhāne (तत्प्रधाने) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vikāras (विकार).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikāraḥ (विकारः) and tatpradhāne (तत्प्रधाने).