9.4.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.4.7
वङ्क्रीणां तु प्रधानत्वात् समासेनाभिधानं स्यात् प्राधान्यमध्रिगोस् तदर्थत्वात्
vaṅkrīṇāṃ tu pradhānatvāt samāsenābhidhānaṃ syāt prādhānyam adhrigos tadarthatvāt
The line
Of vaṅkra (वङ्क्र) but, because of a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that, samāsenābhidhāna (समासेनाभिधान), it would be, let it be granted, prādhānya (प्राधान्य), adhrigos (अध्रिगो), because of because it is for the sake of 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: vaṅkrīṇāṃ (वङ्क्रीणां) + tu (तु) + pradhāna-tvāt (प्रधान-त्वात्) + samāsenābhidhānaṃ (समासेनाभिधानं) + syāt (स्यात्) + prādhānyam (प्राधान्यम्) + adhrigos (अध्रिगो) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vaṅkrīṇāṃ (वङ्क्रीणां) | genitive plural | vaṅkra (वङ्क्र) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| pradhāna-tvāt (प्रधान-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| samāsenābhidhānaṃ (समासेनाभिधानं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | samāsenābhidhāna (समासेनाभिधान) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prādhānyam (प्राधान्यम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | prādhānya (प्राधान्य) |
| adhrigos (अध्रिगो) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
vaṅkrīṇāṃ (वङ्क्रीणां) is vaṅkra (वङ्क्र). It stands as genitive plural. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. pradhāna-tvāt (प्रधान-त्वात्) is a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. samāsenābhidhānaṃ (समासेनाभिधानं) is samāsenābhidhāna (समासेनाभिधान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. prādhānyam (प्राधान्यम्) is prādhānya (प्राधान्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. adhrigos (अध्रिगो) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
samāsenābhidhānaṃ (समासेनाभिधानं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vaṅkrīṇāṃ (वङ्क्रीणां) and pradhāna-tvāt (प्रधान-त्वात्).
Next
9.4.8. Of tāsa (तास) and, because of a compound: kṛtsna (कृत्स्न), and a statement.