11.3.43
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.43
शास्त्रात् तु विप्रयोगस् तत्रैकद्रव्यचिकीर्षा प्रकृतावथेहापूर्वार्थवद् भूतोपदेशः
śāstrāt tu viprayogas tatraikadravyacikīrṣā prakṛtāv athehāpūrvārthavad bhūtopadeśaḥ
The line
Because of a teaching, a treatise but, a compound: vipra (विप्र), and a joining, a compound: tatraika (तत्रैक), a substance, and cikīrṣa (चिकीर्ष), prakṛtāv (प्रकृताव्), a compound: athehā (अथेहा), the earlier, a thing, a meaning, and vada (वद), a compound: an element, and teaching.
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: śāstrāt (शास्त्रात्) + tu (तु) + vipra-yogaḥ (विप्र-योगः) + tatraika-dravya-cikīrṣā (तत्रैक-द्रव्य-चिकीर्षा) + prakṛtāv (प्रकृताव्) + athehā-pūrva-artha-vada (अथेहा-पूर्व-अर्थ-वद) + bhūta-upadeśaḥ (भूत-उपदेशः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śāstrāt (शास्त्रात्) | ablative singular | a teaching, a treatise |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vipra-yogaḥ (विप्र-योगः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: vipra (विप्र), and a joining. Read it from the end |
| tatraika-dravya-cikīrṣā (तत्रैक-द्रव्य-चिकीर्षा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: tatraika (तत्रैक), a substance, and cikīrṣa (चिकीर्ष). Read it from the end |
| prakṛtāv (प्रकृताव्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| athehā-pūrva-artha-vada (अथेहा-पूर्व-अर्थ-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: athehā (अथेहा), the earlier, a thing, a meaning, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| bhūta-upadeśaḥ (भूत-उपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: an element, and teaching. Read it from the end |
The phrases
śāstrāt (शास्त्रात्) is a teaching, a treatise. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vipra-yogaḥ (विप्र-योगः) is a compound: vipra (विप्र), and a joining. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it viprayogas. tatraika-dravya-cikīrṣā (तत्रैक-द्रव्य-चिकीर्षा) is a compound: tatraika (तत्रैक), a substance, and cikīrṣa (चिकीर्ष). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
prakṛtāv (प्रकृताव्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. athehā-pūrva-artha-vada (अथेहा-पूर्व-अर्थ-वद) is a compound: athehā (अथेहा), the earlier, a thing, a meaning, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. bhūta-upadeśaḥ (भूत-उपदेशः) is a compound: an element, and teaching. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
tatraika-dravya-cikīrṣā (तत्रैक-द्रव्य-चिकीर्षा) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it viprayogas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śāstrāt (शास्त्रात्) and vipra-yogaḥ (विप्र-योगः).