11.3.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.26
तद्भूतस्थानादग्निवदिति चेत् तदपवर्गस् तदर्थत्वात्
tadbhūtasthānād agnivad iti cet tadapavargas tadarthatvāt
The line
If you say that because of a compound: that, an element, and the place, the order, a compound: fire, and vada (वद), then tadapavargas (तदपवर्ग), 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: tad-bhūta-sthānāt (तद्-भूत-स्थानात्) + agni-vada (अग्नि-वद) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्) + tadapavargas (तदपवर्ग) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tad-bhūta-sthānāt (तद्-भूत-स्थानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, an element, and the place, the order. Read it from the end |
| agni-vada (अग्नि-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: fire, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| tadapavargas (तदपवर्ग) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
tad-bhūta-sthānāt (तद्-भूत-स्थानात्) is a compound: that, an element, and the place, the order. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tadbhūtasthānād (तद्भूतस्थानाद्). agni-vada (अग्नि-वद) is a compound: fire, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable.
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable. tadapavargas (तदपवर्ग) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tad-bhūta-sthānāt (तद्-भूत-स्थानात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tadbhūtasthānād (तद्भूतस्थानाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tad-bhūta-sthānāt (तद्-भूत-स्थानात्) and agni-vada (अग्नि-वद).
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