3.2.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.20
अधिकारे च मन्त्रविधिरतदाख्येषु शिष्टत्वात्
adhikāre ca mantravidhir atadākhyeṣu śiṣṭatvāt
The line
In eligibility and, a compound: a mantra, and vidha (विध), in atadākhya (अतदाख्य), because of śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व).
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: adhikāre (अधिकारे) + ca (च) + mantra-vidhiḥ (मन्त्र-विधिः) + atadākhyeṣu (अतदाख्येषु) + śiṣṭatvāt (शिष्टत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adhikāre (अधिकारे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | eligibility |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| mantra-vidhiḥ (मन्त्र-विधिः) | nominative singular | a compound: a mantra, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end |
| atadākhyeṣu (अतदाख्येषु) | locative plural | atadākhya (अतदाख्य) |
| śiṣṭatvāt (शिष्टत्वात्) | ablative singular | śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व) |
The phrases
adhikāre (अधिकारे) is eligibility. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. mantra-vidhiḥ (मन्त्र-विधिः) is a compound: a mantra, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it mantravidhir.
atadākhyeṣu (अतदाख्येषु) is atadākhya (अतदाख्य). It stands as locative plural. śiṣṭatvāt (शिष्टत्वात्) is śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
mantra-vidhiḥ (मन्त्र-विधिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it mantravidhir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adhikāre (अधिकारे) and mantra-vidhiḥ (मन्त्र-विधिः).
Next
3.2.21. tadākhya (तदाख्य) or, of a compound: the context, a fitting, and bhya (भ्य).