10.7.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.33
अपूर्वतां तु दर्शयेद् ग्रहणस्यार्थवत्त्वात्
apūrvatāṃ tu darśayed grahaṇasyārthavattvāt
The line
A compound: the unseen, and tāṃa (तांअ) but, a compound: the new-moon rite, and yeda (येद), because of a compound: a grasping, syārthava (स्यार्थव), and ttva (त्त्व).
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: apūrva-tāṃa (अपूर्व-तांअ) + tu (तु) + darśa-yeda (दर्श-येद) + grahaṇa-syārthava-ttvāt (ग्रहण-स्यार्थव-त्त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apūrva-tāṃa (अपूर्व-तांअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the unseen, and tāṃa (तांअ). Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| darśa-yeda (दर्श-येद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the new-moon rite, and yeda (येद). Read it from the end |
| grahaṇa-syārthava-ttvāt (ग्रहण-स्यार्थव-त्त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a grasping, syārthava (स्यार्थव), and ttva (त्त्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
apūrva-tāṃa (अपूर्व-तांअ) is a compound: the unseen, and tāṃa (तांअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
darśa-yeda (दर्श-येद) is a compound: the new-moon rite, and yeda (येद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. grahaṇa-syārthava-ttvāt (ग्रहण-स्यार्थव-त्त्वात्) is a compound: a grasping, syārthava (स्यार्थव), and ttva (त्त्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
grahaṇa-syārthava-ttvāt (ग्रहण-स्यार्थव-त्त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apūrva-tāṃa (अपूर्व-तांअ) and darśa-yeda (दर्श-येद).