2.1.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.27
अन्यश् चार्थः प्रतीयते
anyaś cārthaḥ pratīyate
The line
Another and, the thing, the meaning, is understood.
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: anyaḥ (अन्यः) + ca (च) + arthaḥ (अर्थः) + pratīyate (प्रतीयते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anyaḥ (अन्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | another |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| arthaḥ (अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | the thing, the meaning |
| pratīyate (प्रतीयते) | present, third person singular | is understood |
The phrases
anyaḥ (अन्यः) is another. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it anyaś (अन्यश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
arthaḥ (अर्थः) is the thing, the meaning. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as cārthaḥ (चार्थः). pratīyate (प्रतीयते) is is understood. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratīyate (प्रतीयते) is present, third person singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it anyaś (अन्यश्). The line joins them as cārthaḥ (चार्थः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anyaḥ (अन्यः) and arthaḥ (अर्थः).