12.1.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.14
श्रपणं वाग्निहोत्रस्य शालामुखीये न स्यात् प्राजहितस्य विद्यमानत्वात्
śrapaṇaṃ vāgnihotrasya śālāmukhīye na syāt prājahitasya vidyamānatvāt
The line
śrapaṇa (श्रपण), of a compound: or, and the daily fire offering, in śālāmukhīya (शालामुखीय), not it would be, let it be granted, of prājahita (प्राजहित), a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: śrapaṇaṃ (श्रपणं) + vā-agnihotrasya (वा-अग्निहोत्रस्य) + śālāmukhīye (शालामुखीये) + na (न) + syāt (स्यात्) + prājahitasya (प्राजहितस्य) + vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śrapaṇaṃ (श्रपणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | śrapaṇa (श्रपण) |
| vā-agnihotrasya (वा-अग्निहोत्रस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: or, and the daily fire offering. Read it from the end |
| śālāmukhīye (शालामुखीये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | śālāmukhīya (शालामुखीय) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prājahitasya (प्राजहितस्य) | genitive singular | prājahita (प्राजहित) |
| vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
śrapaṇaṃ (श्रपणं) is śrapaṇa (श्रपण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā-agnihotrasya (वा-अग्निहोत्रस्य) is a compound: or, and the daily fire offering. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular. śālāmukhīye (शालामुखीये) is śālāmukhīya (शालामुखीय). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. prājahitasya (प्राजहितस्य) is prājahita (प्राजहित). It stands as genitive singular. vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात) is a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śrapaṇaṃ (श्रपणं) and vā-agnihotrasya (वा-अग्निहोत्रस्य).