9.2.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.2.6
शब्दार्थत्वात् तु नैवं स्यात्
śabdārthatvāt tu naivaṃ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: a word, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that but, not thus, 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 line is short. tatrāvi-prati-ṣiddhaḥ (तत्रावि-प्रति-षिद्धः) from 9.2.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śabda-artha-tvāt (शब्द-अर्थ-त्वात्) + tu (तु) + na (न) + evaṃ (एवं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śabda-artha-tvāt (शब्द-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
śabda-artha-tvāt (शब्द-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a word, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śabda-artha-tvāt (शब्द-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śabda-artha-tvāt (शब्द-अर्थ-त्वात्) and syāt (स्यात्).
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