11.4.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.29
पशुगणे कुम्भीशूलवपाश्रपणीनां प्रभुत्वात् तन्त्रभावः स्यात्
paśugaṇe kumbhīśūlavapāśrapaṇīnāṃ prabhutvāt tantrabhāvaḥ syāt
The line
In a compound: an animal offering, and gaṇa (गण), of kumbhīśūlavapāśrapaṇa (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्रपण), because of prabhutva (प्रभुत्व), a compound: a shared performance, and a state, it would be, let it be granted.
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: paśu-gaṇe (पशु-गणे) + kumbhīśūlavapāśrapaṇīnāṃ (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्रपणीनां) + prabhutvāt (प्रभुत्वात्) + tantra-bhāvaḥ (तन्त्र-भावः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paśu-gaṇe (पशु-गणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: an animal offering, and gaṇa (गण). Read it from the end |
| kumbhīśūlavapāśrapaṇīnāṃ (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्रपणीनां) | genitive plural | kumbhīśūlavapāśrapaṇa (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्रपण) |
| prabhutvāt (प्रभुत्वात्) | ablative singular | prabhutva (प्रभुत्व) |
| tantra-bhāvaḥ (तन्त्र-भावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a shared performance, and a state. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
paśu-gaṇe (पशु-गणे) is a compound: an animal offering, and gaṇa (गण). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. kumbhīśūlavapāśrapaṇīnāṃ (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्रपणीनां) is kumbhīśūlavapāśrapaṇa (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्रपण). It stands as genitive plural. prabhutvāt (प्रभुत्वात्) is prabhutva (प्रभुत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
tantra-bhāvaḥ (तन्त्र-भावः) is a compound: a shared performance, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kumbhīśūlavapāśrapaṇīnāṃ (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्रपणीनां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paśu-gaṇe (पशु-गणे) and kumbhīśūlavapāśrapaṇīnāṃ (कुम्भीशूलवपाश्रपणीनां).