2.1.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.23
दृश्यते
dṛśyate
The line
Is seen.
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 line is short. tvāmnāteṣu (त्वाम्नातेषु) from 2.1.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: dṛśyate (दृश्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dṛśyate (दृश्यते) | present, third person singular | is seen |
The phrases
dṛśyate (दृश्यते) is is seen. It stands as present, third person singular.
Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.
Sanskrit in this line
dṛśyate (दृश्यते) is present, third person singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dṛśyate (दृश्यते).