9.4.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.4.15
अभ्यासो वाविकारात् स्यात्
abhyāso vāvikārāt syāt
The line
Practice or, because of from a transformation, 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: abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) + vā (वा) + vikārāt (विकारात्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) | nominative singular, masculine | practice |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| vikārāt (विकारात्) | ablative singular | from a transformation |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) is practice. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it abhyāso (अभ्यासो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
vikārāt (विकारात्) is from a transformation. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as vāvikārāt (वाविकारात्). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it abhyāso (अभ्यासो). The line joins them as vāvikārāt (वाविकारात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) and vikārāt (विकारात्).