9.1.53
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.53
नियमो वा श्रुतिविशेषादितरत् साप्तदश्यवत्
niyamo vā śrutiviśeṣād itarat sāptadaśyavat
The line
A restriction or, because of a compound: scripture, and a difference, the other, sāptadaśyavat (साप्तदश्यवत्).
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: niyamaḥ (नियमः) + vā (वा) + śruti-viśeṣāt (श्रुति-विशेषात्) + itarat (इतरत्) + sāptadaśyavat (साप्तदश्यवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niyamaḥ (नियमः) | nominative singular, masculine | a restriction |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śruti-viśeṣāt (श्रुति-विशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: scripture, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| itarat (इतरत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the other |
| sāptadaśyavat (साप्तदश्यवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
niyamaḥ (नियमः) is a restriction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it niyamo. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. śruti-viśeṣāt (श्रुति-विशेषात्) is a compound: scripture, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it śrutiviśeṣād (श्रुतिविशेषाद्).
itarat (इतरत्) is the other. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. sāptadaśyavat (साप्तदश्यवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
śruti-viśeṣāt (श्रुति-विशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it niyamo. The line writes it śrutiviśeṣād (श्रुतिविशेषाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niyamaḥ (नियमः) and śruti-viśeṣāt (श्रुति-विशेषात्).