1.3.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.21
स्याद् योगाख्या हि माथुरवत्
syād yogākhyā hi māthuravat
The line
The name can stand, for it is a name from a connection, like Māthura (माथुर).
नेपालीमा
नाम अड्न सक्छ, किनकि त्यो सम्बन्धबाट आएको नाम हो, माथुर जस्तै।
Where it sits
The objection of 1.3.20 is answered. ākhyā (आख्या) from 1.3.19 is now called a yoga-ākhyā (योग-आख्या). syāt (स्यात्) here accepts the objector's fact, that the name is used abroad, and keeps the place-connection.
Split: syāt (स्यात्) + yoga-ākhyā (योग-आख्या) + hi (हि) + māthura-vat (माथुर-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syāt (स्यात्) | third person singular, optative, of the verb as | it can be |
| yoga-ākhyā (योग-आख्या) | nominative singular, feminine | a name based on a connection |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for |
| māthura-vat (माथुर-वत्) | indeclinable | like the name Māthura (माथुर) |
The phrases
It can be so. Even when the name comes from a place, the name of a man who has left that place is not a problem.
This is a yoga name. It depends on the connection, not on whether the connection is past, present, or future. A man setting out for Mathurā (मथुरा), a man living there, and a man who has left are called Māthura (माथुर). A man with no connection at all is not. So there is still no restriction of the rite by the regional name.
Sanskrit in this line
syāt (स्यात्) before yoga is heard as syād (स्याद्). yogākhyā (योगाख्या) is yoga plus ākhyā (आख्या), with a plus ā (आ) heard as ā (आ). māthuravat (माथुरवत्) is the indeclinable vat suffix, not a case form of Māthura (माथुर).
Say it back
Say that Māthura (माथुर) follows the connection, including after one has left, and that the regional name still does not bind the rite.
Next
1.3.22. Or the place might be a property of the rite, as the eastern slope is.