3.2.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.39
ऐन्द्राग्ने तु लिङ्गभाबात् स्यात्
aindrāgne tu liṅgabhābāt syāt
The line
In aindrāgna (ऐन्द्राग्न) but, because of a compound: a mark, and bhāba (भाब), 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: aindrāgne (ऐन्द्राग्ने) + tu (तु) + liṅga-bhābāt (लिङ्ग-भाबात्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aindrāgne (ऐन्द्राग्ने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | aindrāgna (ऐन्द्राग्न) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| liṅga-bhābāt (लिङ्ग-भाबात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a mark, and bhāba (भाब). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
aindrāgne (ऐन्द्राग्ने) is aindrāgna (ऐन्द्राग्न). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
liṅga-bhābāt (लिङ्ग-भाबात्) is a compound: a mark, and bhāba (भाब). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
liṅga-bhābāt (लिङ्ग-भाबात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aindrāgne (ऐन्द्राग्ने) and liṅga-bhābāt (लिङ्ग-भाबात्).