9.3.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.3.39
संसर्गित्वाच् च तस्मात् तेन विकल्पः स्यात्
saṃsargitvāc ca tasmāt tena vikalpaḥ syāt
The line
Because of saṃsargitva (संसर्गित्व) and, because of from that, by means of by that, an alternative, a division, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: saṃsargitvāc (संसर्गित्वाच्) + ca (च) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + tena (तेन) + vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃsargitvāc (संसर्गित्वाच्) | ablative singular | saṃsargitva (संसर्गित्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular | by that |
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
saṃsargitvāc (संसर्गित्वाच्) is saṃsargitva (संसर्गित्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular.
tena (तेन) is by that. It stands as instrumental 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.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃsargitvāc (संसर्गित्वाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃsargitvāc (संसर्गित्वाच्) and tasmāt (तस्मात्).
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