10.4.51
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.51
न वा परार्थत्वाद् यज्ञपतिवत्
na vā parārthatvād yajñapativat
The line
Not or, because of because it is for another's sake, a compound: a sacrifice, and pativata (पतिवत).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. ubhaya-pānāt (उभय-पानात्) from 10.4.50 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + vā (वा) + parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) + yajña-pativata (यज्ञ-पतिवत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for another's sake |
| yajña-pativata (यज्ञ-पतिवत) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a sacrifice, and pativata (पतिवत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is because it is for another's sake. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it parārthatvād (परार्थत्वाद्). yajña-pativata (यज्ञ-पतिवत) is a compound: a sacrifice, and pativata (पतिवत). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
yajña-pativata (यज्ञ-पतिवत) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it parārthatvād (परार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) and yajña-pativata (यज्ञ-पतिवत).