12.2.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.8
सवनीये छिद्रापिधानार्थत्वात् पशुपुरोडाशो न स्यादन्येषामेवमर्थत्वात्
savanīye chidrāpidhānārthatvāt paśupuroḍāśo na syād anyeṣām evam arthatvāt
The line
In savanīya (सवनीय), because of chidrāpidhānārthatva (छिद्रापिधानार्थत्व), a compound: an animal offering, and the rice-cake offering, not it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of of others thus, because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, 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: savanīye (सवनीये) + chidrāpidhānārthatvāt (छिद्रापिधानार्थत्वात्) + paśu-puroḍāśaḥ (पशु-पुरोडाशः) + na (न) + syād (स्याद्) + anyeṣām (अन्येषाम्) + evam (एवम्) + artha-tvāt (अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| savanīye (सवनीये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | savanīya (सवनीय) |
| chidrāpidhānārthatvāt (छिद्रापिधानार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | chidrāpidhānārthatva (छिद्रापिधानार्थत्व) |
| 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 |
| anyeṣām (अन्येषाम्) | genitive plural | of others |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | in this way |
| artha-tvāt (अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
savanīye (सवनीये) is savanīya (सवनीय). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. chidrāpidhānārthatvāt (छिद्रापिधानार्थत्वात्) is chidrāpidhānārthatva (छिद्रापिधानार्थत्व). It stands as ablative singular. 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. anyeṣām (अन्येषाम्) is of others. It stands as genitive plural. evam (एवम्) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. artha-tvāt (अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
chidrāpidhānārthatvāt (छिद्रापिधानार्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it paśupuroḍāśo (पशुपुरोडाशो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss savanīye (सवनीये) and chidrāpidhānārthatvāt (छिद्रापिधानार्थत्वात्).