11.3.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.21
अहर्गणे च प्रत्यहं स्यात् तदर्थत्वात्
ahargaṇe ca pratyahaṃ syāt tadarthatvāt
The line
In in a sequence of days and, a compound: toward, against, and I, it would be, let it be granted, because of because it is for the sake of that.
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: ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) + ca (च) + prati-ahaṃ (प्रति-अहं) + syāt (स्यात्) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) | locative singular | in a sequence of days |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prati-ahaṃ (प्रति-अहं) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: toward, against, and I. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) is in a sequence of days. It stands as locative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. prati-ahaṃ (प्रति-अहं) is a compound: toward, against, and I. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ahargaṇe (अहर्गणे) and prati-ahaṃ (प्रति-अहं).