2.1.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.7
यैर् द्रव्यं न चिकीर्ष्यते तानि प्रधानभूतानि द्रव्यस्य गुणभूतत्वात्
yair dravyaṃ na cikīrṣyate tāni pradhānabhūtāni dravyasya guṇabhūtatvāt
The line
yair (यैर्), a substance, not in cikīrṣyata (चिकीर्ष्यत), those, what stands as the main thing, of a substance, 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: yair (यैर्) + dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) + na (न) + cikīrṣyate (चिकीर्ष्यते) + tāni (तानि) + pradhānabhūtāni (प्रधानभूतानि) + dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) + guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yair (यैर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a substance |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| cikīrṣyate (चिकीर्ष्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | cikīrṣyata (चिकीर्ष्यत) |
| tāni (तानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | those |
| pradhānabhūtāni (प्रधानभूतानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | what stands as the main thing |
| dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) | genitive singular | a substance |
| guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as a subordinate |
The phrases
yair (यैर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) is a substance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. cikīrṣyate (चिकीर्ष्यते) is cikīrṣyata (चिकीर्ष्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
tāni (तानि) is those. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. pradhānabhūtāni (प्रधानभूतानि) is what stands as the main thing. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) is a substance. It stands as genitive singular. guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as a subordinate. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pradhānabhūtāni (प्रधानभूतानि) is nominative or accusative plural, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yair (यैर्) and dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं).