2.1.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.14
अर्थेन त्वपकृष्येत देवतानामचोदनार्थस्य गुणभूतत्वात्
arthena tv apakṛṣyeta devatānām acodanārthasya guṇabhūtatvāt
The line
In in the thing, in the meaning, not the state of being that, apakṛṣyeta (अपकृष्येत), of a deity, of acodanārtha (अचोदनार्थ), because of because it stands as a subordinate.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: arthe (अर्थे) + na (न) + tva (त्व) + apakṛṣyeta (अपकृष्येत) + devatānām (देवतानाम्) + acodanārthasya (अचोदनार्थस्य) + guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthe (अर्थे) | locative singular | in the thing, in the meaning |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| apakṛṣyeta (अपकृष्येत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| devatānām (देवतानाम्) | genitive plural | a deity |
| acodanārthasya (अचोदनार्थस्य) | genitive singular | acodanārtha (अचोदनार्थ) |
| guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as a subordinate |
The phrases
arthe (अर्थे) is in the thing, in the meaning. It stands as locative singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as arthena. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. apakṛṣyeta (अपकृष्येत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
devatānām (देवतानाम्) is a deity. It stands as genitive plural. acodanārthasya (अचोदनार्थस्य) is acodanārtha (अचोदनार्थ). It stands as genitive singular. guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as a subordinate. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
acodanārthasya (अचोदनार्थस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as arthena.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthe (अर्थे) and tva (त्व).