3.2.31
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.31
ग्रहणाद् वापनयः स्यात्
grahaṇād vāpanayaḥ syāt
The line
Because of a grasping, a compound: vāpa (वाप), and a standpoint, 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: grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) + vāpa-nayaḥ (वाप-नयः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) | ablative singular | a grasping |
| vāpa-nayaḥ (वाप-नयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: vāpa (वाप), and a standpoint. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) is a grasping. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it grahaṇād (ग्रहणाद्). vāpa-nayaḥ (वाप-नयः) is a compound: vāpa (वाप), and a standpoint. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vāpa-nayaḥ (वाप-नयः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it grahaṇād (ग्रहणाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) and vāpa-nayaḥ (वाप-नयः).
Next
3.2.32. In pātnīvata (पात्नीवत) but, as before, like the earlier.