2.3.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.7
समाप्तं च फले वाक्यम्
samāptaṃ ca phale vākyam
The line
A compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and a reliable person and, in in the fruit, a sentence.
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: sama-āptaṃ (सम-आप्तं) + ca (च) + phale (फले) + vākyam (वाक्यम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sama-āptaṃ (सम-आप्तं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and a reliable person. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| phale (फले) | locative singular | in the fruit |
| vākyam (वाक्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a sentence |
The phrases
sama-āptaṃ (सम-आप्तं) is a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and a reliable person. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
phale (फले) is in the fruit. It stands as locative singular. vākyam (वाक्यम्) is a sentence. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
sama-āptaṃ (सम-आप्तं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sama-āptaṃ (सम-आप्तं) and phale (फले).
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