2.1.35
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.35
तेषामृग्यत्रार्थवशेन पादव्यवस्था
teṣām ṛgyatrārthavaśena pādavyavasthā
The line
Of of them, by means of ṛgyatrārthavaśa (ऋग्यत्रार्थवश), a compound: a quarter, a part, vyava (व्यव), and standing.
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: teṣām (तेषाम्) + ṛgyatrārthavaśena (ऋग्यत्रार्थवशेन) + pāda-vyava-sthā (पाद-व्यव-स्था)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| teṣām (तेषाम्) | genitive plural | of them |
| ṛgyatrārthavaśena (ऋग्यत्रार्थवशेन) | instrumental singular | ṛgyatrārthavaśa (ऋग्यत्रार्थवश) |
| pāda-vyava-sthā (पाद-व्यव-स्था) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: a quarter, a part, vyava (व्यव), and standing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
teṣām (तेषाम्) is of them. It stands as genitive plural. ṛgyatrārthavaśena (ऋग्यत्रार्थवशेन) is ṛgyatrārthavaśa (ऋग्यत्रार्थवश). It stands as instrumental singular.
pāda-vyava-sthā (पाद-व्यव-स्था) is a compound: a quarter, a part, vyava (व्यव), and standing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ṛgyatrārthavaśena (ऋग्यत्रार्थवशेन) is instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss teṣām (तेषाम्) and ṛgyatrārthavaśena (ऋग्यत्रार्थवशेन).
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2.1.36. In gīta (गीत), he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, mākhya (माख्य).