3.1.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.23
मिथश् चानर्थसम्वन्धात्
mithaś cānarthasamvandhāt
The line
mithaś (मिथश्), because of cānarthasamvandha (चानर्थसम्वन्ध).
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. guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) from 3.1.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: mithaś (मिथश्) + cānarthasamvandhāt (चानर्थसम्वन्धात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mithaś (मिथश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| cānarthasamvandhāt (चानर्थसम्वन्धात्) | ablative singular | cānarthasamvandha (चानर्थसम्वन्ध) |
The phrases
mithaś (मिथश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
cānarthasamvandhāt (चानर्थसम्वन्धात्) is cānarthasamvandha (चानर्थसम्वन्ध). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cānarthasamvandhāt (चानर्थसम्वन्धात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mithaś (मिथश्) and cānarthasamvandhāt (चानर्थसम्वन्धात्).