9.3.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.3.42
विकल्पो वा प्रकृतिवत्
vikalpo vā prakṛtivat
The line
An alternative, a division or, 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 line is short. niyamaḥ (नियमः) from 9.3.41 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) + vā (वा) + prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | an alternative, a division |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) | indeclinable | like the model |
The phrases
vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) is an alternative, a division. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vikalpo. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is like the model. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is indeclinable. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vikalpo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikalpaḥ (विकल्पः) and prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्).