2.3.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.21
अग्निस् तु लिङ्गदर्शनात् क्रतुशब्दः प्रतीयेत
agnis tu liṅgadarśanāt kratuśabdaḥ pratīyeta
The line
Fire but, because of because a mark is seen, a compound: a rite, and a word, would be 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: agniḥ (अग्निः) + tu (तु) + liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) + kratu-śabdaḥ (क्रतु-शब्दः) + pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| agniḥ (अग्निः) | nominative singular | fire |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) | ablative singular | because a mark is seen |
| kratu-śabdaḥ (क्रतु-शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a rite, and a word. Read it from the end |
| pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) | optative, third person singular | would be understood |
The phrases
agniḥ (अग्निः) is fire. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it agnis. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) is because a mark is seen. It stands as ablative singular.
kratu-śabdaḥ (क्रतु-शब्दः) is a compound: a rite, and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) is would be understood. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it agnis.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss agniḥ (अग्निः) and liṅgadarśanāt (लिङ्गदर्शनात्).