9.2.50
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.2.50
स्वार्थत्वाद् वा व्यवस्था स्यात् प्रकृतिवत्
svārthatvād vā vyavasthā syāt prakṛtivat
The line
Because of because it is for its own sake or, a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing, it would be, let it be granted, like the model.
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: svārthatvāt (स्वार्थत्वात्) + vā (वा) + vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) + syāt (स्यात्) + prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svārthatvāt (स्वार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for its own sake |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) | indeclinable | like the model |
The phrases
svārthatvāt (स्वार्थत्वात्) is because it is for its own sake. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it svārthatvād (स्वार्थत्वाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) is a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is like the model. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
svārthatvāt (स्वार्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it svārthatvād (स्वार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svārthatvāt (स्वार्थत्वात्) and vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था).