3.1.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.5
फलं च पुरुषार्थत्वात्
phalaṃ ca puruṣārthatvāt
The line
The fruit and, because of a compound: the person, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.
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. karmāṇyapi (कर्माण्यपि) from 3.1.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: phalaṃ (फलं) + ca (च) + puruṣa-artha-tvāt (पुरुष-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| phalaṃ (फलं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the fruit |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| puruṣa-artha-tvāt (पुरुष-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the person, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
phalaṃ (फलं) is the fruit. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
puruṣa-artha-tvāt (पुरुष-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: the person, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
puruṣa-artha-tvāt (पुरुष-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss phalaṃ (फलं) and puruṣa-artha-tvāt (पुरुष-अर्थ-त्वात्).