3.2.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.11
सूक्तवाके च कालविधिः परार्थत्वात्
sūktavāke ca kālavidhiḥ parārthatvāt
The line
In sūktavāka (सूक्तवाक) and, a compound: time, and vidha (विध), because of because it is for another's sake.
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sūktavāke (सूक्तवाके) + ca (च) + kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः) + parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sūktavāke (सूक्तवाके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | sūktavāka (सूक्तवाक) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः) | nominative singular | a compound: time, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end |
| parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for another's sake |
The phrases
sūktavāke (सूक्तवाके) is sūktavāka (सूक्तवाक). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः) is a compound: time, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is because it is for another's sake. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sūktavāke (सूक्तवाके) and kāla-vidhiḥ (काल-विधिः).
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