12.1.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.25
ग्रहार्थं च पूर्वमिष्टेस् तदर्थत्वात्
grahārthaṃ ca pūrvam iṣṭes tadarthatvāt
The line
grahārtha (ग्रहार्थ) and, the earlier, of an offering of cake, because of because it is for the sake of 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: grahārthaṃ (ग्रहार्थं) + ca (च) + pūrvam (पूर्वम्) + iṣṭeḥ (इष्टेः) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| grahārthaṃ (ग्रहार्थं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | grahārtha (ग्रहार्थ) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| pūrvam (पूर्वम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the earlier |
| iṣṭeḥ (इष्टेः) | genitive or ablative singular | an offering of cake |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
grahārthaṃ (ग्रहार्थं) is grahārtha (ग्रहार्थ). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. pūrvam (पूर्वम्) is the earlier. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
iṣṭeḥ (इष्टेः) is an offering of cake. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it iṣṭes (इष्टे). tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it iṣṭes (इष्टे).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss grahārthaṃ (ग्रहार्थं) and pūrvam (पूर्वम्).