1.3.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.3.6
न शास्त्रपरिमाणत्वात्
na śāstraparimāṇatvāt
The line
No, because the sacred text is the measure of what is done and in what order.
नेपालीमा
होइन, किनकि के गरिन्छ र कुन क्रममा गरिन्छ भन्ने कुराको मान शास्त्र नै हो।
Where it sits
na answers iti cet of 1.3.5. The three practices are still the subject. śāstra (शास्त्र) is the Vedic word that has been the root of dharma (धर्म) since 1.3.1.
Split: na (न) + śāstra-parimāṇatvāt (शास्त्र-परिमाणत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | no |
| śāstra-parimāṇatvāt (शास्त्र-परिमाणत्वात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because the sacred text is the measure |
The phrases
No. The text has already measured the order. A heard line says that after making the grass bundle one makes the altar. Sipping put between them would block that order.
If each thing is done with the right hand alone, the main act can miss its time. Both hands can meet that time. The practice would cut the measure the text has set.
Sanskrit in this line
śāstraparimāṇatvāt (शास्त्रपरिमाणत्वात्) is one ablative of cause. parimāṇa (परिमाण) is the limit the text has already drawn, not a new measuring by the practitioner.
Say it back
Say no, and give the grass bundle and the altar as the order a sipping would cut.
Next
1.3.7. Where no worldly motive is grasped, the practices of the learned are understood as enjoined.