9.3.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.3.15
विप्रतिपत्तौ विकल्पः स्यात् तत्सत्वाद् गुणे त्वन्यायकल्पनैकदेशत्वात्
vipratipattau vikalpaḥ syāt tatsatvād guṇe tv anyāyakalpanaikadeśatvāt
The line
Misunderstanding, an alternative, a division, it would be, let it be granted, a compound: that, what is, and honest debate, in a quality, the state of being that, because of a compound: what is not the rule, a supposition, one part, 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: vipratipattau (विप्रतिपत्तौ) + vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + syāt (स्यात्) + tat-sat-vāda (तत्-सत्-वाद) + guṇe (गुणे) + tva (त्व) + anyāya-kalpanā-ekadeśa-tvāt (अन्याय-कल्पना-एकदेश-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vipratipattau (विप्रतिपत्तौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | misunderstanding |
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tat-sat-vāda (तत्-सत्-वाद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: that, what is, and honest debate. Read it from the end |
| guṇe (गुणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a quality |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| anyāya-kalpanā-ekadeśa-tvāt (अन्याय-कल्पना-एकदेश-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: what is not the rule, a supposition, one part, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vipratipattau (विप्रतिपत्तौ) is misunderstanding. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tat-sat-vāda (तत्-सत्-वाद) is a compound: that, what is, and honest debate. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
guṇe (गुणे) is a quality. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. anyāya-kalpanā-ekadeśa-tvāt (अन्याय-कल्पना-एकदेश-त्वात्) is a compound: what is not the rule, a supposition, one part, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anyāya-kalpanā-ekadeśa-tvāt (अन्याय-कल्पना-एकदेश-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vipratipattau (विप्रतिपत्तौ) and vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः).
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