3.2.35
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.35
अतुल्यत्वात् तु नैवं स्यात्
atulyatvāt tu naivaṃ syāt
The line
Because of atulyatva (अतुल्यत्व) but, not thus, 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 line is short. tvaṣṭāraṃ (त्वष्टारं) from 3.2.34 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: atulyatvāt (अतुल्यत्वात्) + tu (तु) + na (न) + evaṃ (एवं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| atulyatvāt (अतुल्यत्वात्) | ablative singular | atulyatva (अतुल्यत्व) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
atulyatvāt (अतुल्यत्वात्) is atulyatva (अतुल्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
atulyatvāt (अतुल्यत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss atulyatvāt (अतुल्यत्वात्) and syāt (स्यात्).
Next
3.2.36. triṃśac (त्रिंशच्) and, because of because it is for another's sake.