12.1.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.21
तथा व्रतमपेतत्वात्
tathā vratam apetatvāt
The line
So, in that way, a vow, because of apetatva (अपेतत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. dhāraṇā-artha-tvāt (धारणा-अर्थ-त्वात्) from 12.1.20 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tathā (तथा) + vratam (व्रतम्) + apetatvāt (अपेतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| vratam (व्रतम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a vow |
| apetatvāt (अपेतत्वात्) | ablative singular | apetatva (अपेतत्व) |
The phrases
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. vratam (व्रतम्) is a vow. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
apetatvāt (अपेतत्वात्) is apetatva (अपेतत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
apetatvāt (अपेतत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vratam (व्रतम्) and apetatvāt (अपेतत्वात्).