2.4.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.30
प्रत्ययं चापि दर्शयति
pratyayaṃ cāpi darśayati
The line
A condition and even, shows.
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 line is short. guṇa-arthā (गुण-अर्था) from 2.4.29 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pratyayaṃ (प्रत्ययं) + ca (च) + api (अपि) + darśayati (दर्शयति)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratyayaṃ (प्रत्ययं) | accusative singular, masculine | a condition |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| darśayati (दर्शयति) | present, third person singular | shows |
The phrases
pratyayaṃ (प्रत्ययं) is a condition. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि). darśayati (दर्शयति) is shows. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyayaṃ (प्रत्ययं) is accusative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratyayaṃ (प्रत्ययं) and darśayati (दर्शयति).