11.2.61
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.61
पूर्वस्मिंश् चावभृथस्य दर्शनात्
pūrvasmiṃś cāvabhṛthasya darśanāt
The line
A compound: the earlier, and smiṃśa (स्मिंश), of cāvabhṛtha (चावभृथ), because of from seeing, because one sees.
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: pūrva-smiṃśa (पूर्व-स्मिंश) + cāvabhṛthasya (चावभृथस्य) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pūrva-smiṃśa (पूर्व-स्मिंश) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the earlier, and smiṃśa (स्मिंश). Read it from the end |
| cāvabhṛthasya (चावभृथस्य) | genitive singular | cāvabhṛtha (चावभृथ) |
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
The phrases
pūrva-smiṃśa (पूर्व-स्मिंश) is a compound: the earlier, and smiṃśa (स्मिंश). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. cāvabhṛthasya (चावभृथस्य) is cāvabhṛtha (चावभृथ). It stands as genitive singular.
darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cāvabhṛthasya (चावभृथस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pūrva-smiṃśa (पूर्व-स्मिंश) and cāvabhṛthasya (चावभृथस्य).
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