3.2.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.16
यथार्थं वा शेषभूतसंस्कारात्
yathārthaṃ vā śeṣabhūtasaṃskārāt
The line
As, the thing, for the sake of or, because of a compound: the rest, what remains over, an element, and a compounded thing.
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. kṛtsnopa-deśāt (कृत्स्नोप-देशात्) from 3.2.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: yathā (यथा) + arthaṃ (अर्थं) + vā (वा) + śeṣa-bhūta-saṃskārāt (शेष-भूत-संस्कारात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| arthaṃ (अर्थं) | accusative singular | the thing, for the sake of |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śeṣa-bhūta-saṃskārāt (शेष-भूत-संस्कारात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the rest, what remains over, an element, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. arthaṃ (अर्थं) is the thing, for the sake of. It stands as accusative singular. The line joins them as yathārthaṃ (यथार्थं).
vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. śeṣa-bhūta-saṃskārāt (शेष-भूत-संस्कारात्) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, an element, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śeṣa-bhūta-saṃskārāt (शेष-भूत-संस्कारात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as yathārthaṃ (यथार्थं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthaṃ (अर्थं) and śeṣa-bhūta-saṃskārāt (शेष-भूत-संस्कारात्).