12.1.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.13
शामित्रे च पशुपुरोडाशो न स्यादितरस्य प्रयुक्तत्वात्
śāmitre ca paśupuroḍāśo na syād itarasya prayuktatvāt
The line
In śāmitra (शामित्र) and, a compound: an animal offering, and the rice-cake offering, not it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of the other, because of a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: śāmitre (शामित्रे) + ca (च) + paśu-puroḍāśaḥ (पशु-पुरोडाशः) + na (न) + syād (स्याद्) + itarasya (इतरस्य) + prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śāmitre (शामित्रे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | śāmitra (शामित्र) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| paśu-puroḍāśaḥ (पशु-पुरोडाशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: an animal offering, and the rice-cake offering. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| itarasya (इतरस्य) | genitive singular | the other |
| prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
śāmitre (शामित्रे) is śāmitra (शामित्र). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. paśu-puroḍāśaḥ (पशु-पुरोडाशः) is a compound: an animal offering, and the rice-cake offering. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it paśupuroḍāśo (पशुपुरोडाशो). na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. itarasya (इतरस्य) is the other. It stands as genitive singular. prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) is a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
paśu-puroḍāśaḥ (पशु-पुरोडाशः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it paśupuroḍāśo (पशुपुरोडाशो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śāmitre (शामित्रे) and paśu-puroḍāśaḥ (पशु-पुरोडाशः).