11.2.48
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.48
एकाग्नित्वादपरेषु तन्त्रं स्यात्
ekāgnitvād apareṣu tantraṃ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: one, fire, and the state of being that, in apara (अपर), a shared performance, 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: eka-agni-tvāt (एक-अग्नि-त्वात्) + apareṣu (अपरेषु) + tantraṃ (तन्त्रं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| eka-agni-tvāt (एक-अग्नि-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one, fire, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| apareṣu (अपरेषु) | locative plural | apara (अपर) |
| tantraṃ (तन्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a shared performance |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
eka-agni-tvāt (एक-अग्नि-त्वात्) is a compound: one, fire, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it ekāgnitvād (एकाग्नित्वाद्). apareṣu (अपरेषु) is apara (अपर). It stands as locative plural.
tantraṃ (तन्त्रं) is a shared performance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
eka-agni-tvāt (एक-अग्नि-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it ekāgnitvād (एकाग्नित्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss eka-agni-tvāt (एक-अग्नि-त्वात्) and apareṣu (अपरेषु).
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