10.2.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.17
एकधोपहारे सहत्वं ब्रह्मभक्षाणां प्रकृतौ विहितत्वात्
ekadhopahāre sahatvaṃ brahmabhakṣāṇāṃ prakṛtau vihitatvāt
The line
In ekadhopahāra (एकधोपहार), together with, you, of brahmabhakṣa (ब्रह्मभक्ष), in in nature, in the model rite, because of vihitatva (विहितत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: ekadhopahāre (एकधोपहारे) + saha (सह) + tvaṃ (त्वं) + brahmabhakṣāṇāṃ (ब्रह्मभक्षाणां) + prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) + vihitatvāt (विहितत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekadhopahāre (एकधोपहारे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | ekadhopahāra (एकधोपहार) |
| saha (सह) | indeclinable | together with |
| tvaṃ (त्वं) | nominative singular | you |
| brahmabhakṣāṇāṃ (ब्रह्मभक्षाणां) | genitive plural | brahmabhakṣa (ब्रह्मभक्ष) |
| prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) | locative singular | in nature, in the model rite |
| vihitatvāt (विहितत्वात्) | ablative singular | vihitatva (विहितत्व) |
The phrases
ekadhopahāre (एकधोपहारे) is ekadhopahāra (एकधोपहार). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. saha (सह) is together with. It stands as indeclinable. tvaṃ (त्वं) is you. It stands as nominative singular. The line joins them as sahatvaṃ (सहत्वं).
brahmabhakṣāṇāṃ (ब्रह्मभक्षाणां) is brahmabhakṣa (ब्रह्मभक्ष). It stands as genitive plural. prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) is in nature, in the model rite. It stands as locative singular. vihitatvāt (विहितत्वात्) is vihitatva (विहितत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
brahmabhakṣāṇāṃ (ब्रह्मभक्षाणां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as sahatvaṃ (सहत्वं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekadhopahāre (एकधोपहारे) and saha (सह).