9.1.55
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.55
यत्स्थाने वा तद्गीतिः स्यात् पदान्यत्वप्रधानत्वात्
yatsthāne vā tadgītiḥ syāt padānyatvapradhānatvāt
The line
In a compound: which, that which, and the place, the order or, tadgīta (तद्गीत), it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: a word, other, the state of being that, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that.
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: yat-sthāne (यत्-स्थाने) + vā (वा) + tadgītiḥ (तद्गीतिः) + syāt (स्यात्) + pada-anya-tva-pradhāna-tvāt (पद-अन्य-त्व-प्रधान-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yat-sthāne (यत्-स्थाने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: which, that which, and the place, the order. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tadgītiḥ (तद्गीतिः) | nominative singular | tadgīta (तद्गीत) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| pada-anya-tva-pradhāna-tvāt (पद-अन्य-त्व-प्रधान-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, other, the state of being that, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
yat-sthāne (यत्-स्थाने) is a compound: which, that which, and the place, the order. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. tadgītiḥ (तद्गीतिः) is tadgīta (तद्गीत). It stands as nominative singular.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. pada-anya-tva-pradhāna-tvāt (पद-अन्य-त्व-प्रधान-त्वात्) is a compound: a word, other, the state of being that, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pada-anya-tva-pradhāna-tvāt (पद-अन्य-त्व-प्रधान-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yat-sthāne (यत्-स्थाने) and tadgītiḥ (तद्गीतिः).
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