9.3.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.3.11
विकारो वा तदर्थत्वात्
vikāro vā tadarthatvāt
The line
A transformation or, 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 line is short. anyā (अन्या) from 9.3.10 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vikāraḥ (विकारः) + vā (वा) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vikāro (विकारो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vikāro (विकारो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikāraḥ (विकारः) and tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्).