11.2.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.12
इष्टिराजसूयचातुर्मास्येष्वैककर्म्यादङ्गानां तन्त्रभावः स्यात्
iṣṭirājasūyacāturmāsyeṣv aikakarmyād aṅgānāṃ tantrabhāvaḥ syāt
The line
A compound: an offering of cake, rāja (राज), sūya (सूय), cātu (चातु), and rmāsyeṣva (र्मास्येष्व), because of being one and the same act, of a limb, a subsidiary part, a compound: a shared performance, and a state, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: iṣṭi-rāja-sūya-cātu-rmāsyeṣva (इष्टि-राज-सूय-चातु-र्मास्येष्व) + aikakarmyāt (ऐककर्म्यात्) + aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) + tantra-bhāvaḥ (तन्त्र-भावः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| iṣṭi-rāja-sūya-cātu-rmāsyeṣva (इष्टि-राज-सूय-चातु-र्मास्येष्व) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an offering of cake, rāja (राज), sūya (सूय), cātu (चातु), and rmāsyeṣva (र्मास्येष्व). Read it from the end |
| aikakarmyāt (ऐककर्म्यात्) | ablative singular | being one and the same act |
| aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) | genitive plural | a limb, a subsidiary part |
| tantra-bhāvaḥ (तन्त्र-भावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a shared performance, and a state. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
iṣṭi-rāja-sūya-cātu-rmāsyeṣva (इष्टि-राज-सूय-चातु-र्मास्येष्व) is a compound: an offering of cake, rāja (राज), sūya (सूय), cātu (चातु), and rmāsyeṣva (र्मास्येष्व). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. aikakarmyāt (ऐककर्म्यात्) is being one and the same act. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it aikakarmyād (ऐककर्म्याद्). aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) is a limb, a subsidiary part. It stands as genitive plural.
tantra-bhāvaḥ (तन्त्र-भावः) is a compound: a shared performance, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
iṣṭi-rāja-sūya-cātu-rmāsyeṣva (इष्टि-राज-सूय-चातु-र्मास्येष्व) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it aikakarmyād (ऐककर्म्याद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss iṣṭi-rāja-sūya-cātu-rmāsyeṣva (इष्टि-राज-सूय-चातु-र्मास्येष्व) and aikakarmyāt (ऐककर्म्यात्).