10.5.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.7
एकत्रिके तृचादिषु माध्यन्दिनेछन्दसां श्रुतिभूतत्वात्
ekatrike tṛcādiṣu mādhyandinechandasāṃ śrutibhūtatvāt
The line
In ekatrika (एकत्रिक), in tṛcāda (तृचाद), of mādhyandinechandasa (माध्यन्दिनेछन्दस), because of a compound: scripture, and being already there.
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: ekatrike (एकत्रिके) + tṛcādiṣu (तृचादिषु) + mādhyandinechandasāṃ (माध्यन्दिनेछन्दसां) + śruti-bhūtatvāt (श्रुति-भूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekatrike (एकत्रिके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | ekatrika (एकत्रिक) |
| tṛcādiṣu (तृचादिषु) | locative plural | tṛcāda (तृचाद) |
| mādhyandinechandasāṃ (माध्यन्दिनेछन्दसां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | mādhyandinechandasa (माध्यन्दिनेछन्दस) |
| śruti-bhūtatvāt (श्रुति-भूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: scripture, and being already there. Read it from the end |
The phrases
ekatrike (एकत्रिके) is ekatrika (एकत्रिक). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tṛcādiṣu (तृचादिषु) is tṛcāda (तृचाद). It stands as locative plural.
mādhyandinechandasāṃ (माध्यन्दिनेछन्दसां) is mādhyandinechandasa (माध्यन्दिनेछन्दस). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. śruti-bhūtatvāt (श्रुति-भूतत्वात्) is a compound: scripture, and being already there. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
mādhyandinechandasāṃ (माध्यन्दिनेछन्दसां) is genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekatrike (एकत्रिके) and tṛcādiṣu (तृचादिषु).