9.2.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.2.17
वाक्यानां तु विभक्तत्वात् प्रतिशब्दं समाप्तिः स्यात् संस्कारस्य तदर्थत्वात्
vākyānāṃ tu vibhaktatvāt pratiśabdaṃ samāptiḥ syāt saṃskārasya tadarthatvāt
The line
Of a sentence but, because of vibhaktatva (विभक्तत्व), a compound: toward, against, and a word, a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and a reliable person, it would be, let it be granted, of a compounded thing, because of because it is for the sake of 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: vākyānāṃ (वाक्यानां) + tu (तु) + vibhaktatvāt (विभक्तत्वात्) + prati-śabdaṃ (प्रति-शब्दं) + sama-āptiḥ (सम-आप्तिः) + syāt (स्यात्) + saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vākyānāṃ (वाक्यानां) | genitive plural | a sentence |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vibhaktatvāt (विभक्तत्वात्) | ablative singular | vibhaktatva (विभक्तत्व) |
| prati-śabdaṃ (प्रति-शब्दं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, and a word. Read it from the end |
| sama-āptiḥ (सम-आप्तिः) | nominative singular | a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and a reliable person. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) | genitive singular | a compounded thing |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
vākyānāṃ (वाक्यानां) is a sentence. It stands as genitive plural. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vibhaktatvāt (विभक्तत्वात्) is vibhaktatva (विभक्तत्व). It stands as ablative singular. prati-śabdaṃ (प्रति-शब्दं) is a compound: toward, against, and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
sama-āptiḥ (सम-आप्तिः) is a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and a reliable person. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) is a compounded thing. It stands as genitive singular. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vibhaktatvāt (विभक्तत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vākyānāṃ (वाक्यानां) and vibhaktatvāt (विभक्तत्वात्).
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