11.4.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.15
अह्रां वा श्रुतिभूतत्वात् तत्र साङ्गं क्रियेत यथा माध्यन्दिने
ahrāṃ vā śrutibhūtatvāt tatra sāṅgaṃ kriyeta yathā mādhyandine
The line
Of ahra (अह्र) or, because of a compound: scripture, and being already there, there, sāṅga (साङ्ग), would be done, as, in mādhyandina (माध्यन्दिन).
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: ahrāṃ (अह्रां) + vā (वा) + śruti-bhūtatvāt (श्रुति-भूतत्वात्) + tatra (तत्र) + sāṅgaṃ (साङ्गं) + kriyeta (क्रियेत) + yathā (यथा) + mādhyandine (माध्यन्दिने)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahrāṃ (अह्रां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | ahra (अह्र) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śruti-bhūtatvāt (श्रुति-भूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: scripture, and being already there. Read it from the end |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| sāṅgaṃ (साङ्गं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | sāṅga (साङ्ग) |
| kriyeta (क्रियेत) | optative, third person singular | would be done |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| mādhyandine (माध्यन्दिने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | mādhyandina (माध्यन्दिन) |
The phrases
ahrāṃ (अह्रां) is ahra (अह्र). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. śruti-bhūtatvāt (श्रुति-भूतत्वात्) is a compound: scripture, and being already there. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable.
sāṅgaṃ (साङ्गं) is sāṅga (साङ्ग). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kriyeta (क्रियेत) is would be done. It stands as optative, third person singular. yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. mādhyandine (माध्यन्दिने) is mādhyandina (माध्यन्दिन). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
śruti-bhūtatvāt (श्रुति-भूतत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ahrāṃ (अह्रां) and śruti-bhūtatvāt (श्रुति-भूतत्वात्).