3.1.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.1
अथातः शेषलक्षणम्
athātaḥ śeṣalakṣaṇam
The line
Now, and then, therefore, from this, a compound: the rest, what remains over, and a mark.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The line is short. virodhinā (विरोधिना) from 2.4.32 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: atha (अथ) + ataḥ (अतः) + śeṣa-lakṣaṇam (शेष-लक्षणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| atha (अथ) | indeclinable | now, and then |
| ataḥ (अतः) | indeclinable | therefore, from this |
| śeṣa-lakṣaṇam (शेष-लक्षणम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and a mark. Read it from the end |
The phrases
atha (अथ) is now, and then. It stands as indeclinable. ataḥ (अतः) is therefore, from this. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as athātaḥ (अथातः).
śeṣa-lakṣaṇam (शेष-लक्षणम्) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
śeṣa-lakṣaṇam (शेष-लक्षणम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as athātaḥ (अथातः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣa-lakṣaṇam (शेष-लक्षणम्).
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3.1.2. The rest, what remains over, because of because it is for another's sake.