1.4.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.4.10
बर्हिराज्ययोरसंस्कारे शब्दलाभादतच्छब्दः
barhirājyayor asaṃskāre śabdalābhād atacchabdaḥ
The line
Because the word is found even without the preparation, grass and butter are not words for that preparation.
नेपालीमा
संस्कार नहुँदा पनि शब्द पाइने भएकाले यज्ञको घाँस र घृत त्यो संस्कारका शब्द होइनन्।
Where it sits
The name-question pauses. The word's fitness is now whether it means a preparation or a kind. barhirājyayoḥ (बर्हिराज्ययोः) are the first two. Śabara (शबर) puts the cake with them. atacchabdaḥ (अतच्छब्दः) says the word is not a word for the preparation. The class-form of 1.3.33 is the kind at work here.
Split: barhiḥ-ājyayoḥ (बर्हिः-आज्ययोः) + asaṃskāre (असंस्कारे) + śabda-lābhāt (शब्द-लाभात्) + a-tat-śabdaḥ (अ-तत्-शब्दः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| barhiḥ-ājyayoḥ (बर्हिः-आज्ययोः) | genitive dual, neuter | of sacrificial grass and of clarified butter |
| asaṃskāre (असंस्कारे) | locative singular, masculine | when there has been no preparation |
| śabda-lābhāt (शब्द-लाभात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because the word is found |
| a-tat-śabdaḥ (अ-तत्-शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | not a word for that preparation |
The phrases
The doubt covers sacrificial grass, clarified butter, and the baked cake. Are the words words for the prepared thing, or words for the kind of thing?
The first view says the prepared thing. People say barhis of grass that has been prepared, ājya (आज्य) of butter that has been prepared, and puroḍāśa (पुरोडाश) of meal that has been prepared. Talk of the unprepared thing is local, and by likeness, as a post-like object is called a post.
The decision: the word is found even when there has been no preparation, so it is not a word for the preparation. The preparations are themselves enjoined by means of these words. If the word existed only after the preparation, and the preparation only because of the word, each would hang on the other. The uses, including the local ones, are by the kind. For practice, the sentence he strews the post-hole with grass is not confined to grass already prepared.
Sanskrit in this line
barhirājyayoḥ (बर्हिराज्ययोः) before a vowel is heard as barhirājyayor (बर्हिराज्ययोर्). The visarga of barhiḥ (बर्हिः) becomes r before ājya (आज्य). The pāṭha (पाठ) has the dual yoḥ (योः). A shorter barhirājyoḥ (बर्हिराज्योः) would drop a syllable the gloss still uses. atacchabdaḥ (अतच्छब्दः) is a plus tat plus śabda (शब्द), and t plus ś (श्) is heard as cch.
Say it back
Say that barhis, ājya (आज्य), and the cake name the kind of thing, and that strewing the post-hole is not limited to grass already prepared.
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