3.2.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.3
वचनात् त्वयथार्थमैन्द्री स्यात्
vacanāt tv ayathārtham aindrī syāt
The line
Because of because of a statement, the state of being that, ayathārtha (अयथार्थ), aindra (ऐन्द्र), it would be, let it be granted.
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: vacanāt (वचनात्) + tva (त्व) + ayathārtham (अयथार्थम्) + aindrī (ऐन्द्री) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanāt (वचनात्) | ablative singular | because of a statement |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| ayathārtham (अयथार्थम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | ayathārtha (अयथार्थ) |
| aindrī (ऐन्द्री) | nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine | aindra (ऐन्द्र) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vacanāt (वचनात्) is because of a statement. It stands as ablative singular. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. ayathārtham (अयथार्थम्) is ayathārtha (अयथार्थ). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
aindrī (ऐन्द्री) is aindra (ऐन्द्र). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, feminine, or nominative singular, feminine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ayathārtham (अयथार्थम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanāt (वचनात्) and tva (त्व).