9.4.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.4.19
ऋग् वा स्यादाम्नातत्वादविकल्पश् च न्याय्यः
ṛg vā syād āmnātatvād avikalpaś ca nyāyyaḥ
The line
ṛg (ऋग्) or, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of āmnātatva (आम्नातत्व), not an alternative, a division and, nyāyya (न्याय्य).
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: ṛg (ऋग्) + vā (वा) + syād (स्याद्) + āmnātatvād (आम्नातत्वाद्) + a-vikalpaḥ (अ-विकल्पः) + ca (च) + nyāyyaḥ (न्याय्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ṛg (ऋग्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| āmnātatvād (आम्नातत्वाद्) | ablative singular | āmnātatva (आम्नातत्व) |
| a-vikalpaḥ (अ-विकल्पः) | nominative singular, masculine | not an alternative, a division |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| nyāyyaḥ (न्याय्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | nyāyya (न्याय्य) |
The phrases
ṛg (ऋग्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. āmnātatvād (आम्नातत्वाद्) is āmnātatva (आम्नातत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
a-vikalpaḥ (अ-विकल्पः) is not an alternative, a division. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vikalpaś (विकल्पश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. nyāyyaḥ (न्याय्यः) is nyāyya (न्याय्य). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
āmnātatvād (आम्नातत्वाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vikalpaś (विकल्पश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ṛg (ऋग्) and syād (स्याद्).