3.2.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.40
एकस्मिन् वा देवतान्तराद् विभागवत्
ekasmin vā devatāntarād vibhāgavat
The line
ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) or, because of a compound: a deity, and a difference, an interval, a compound: disjunction, and possessing.
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: ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) + vā (वा) + devatā-antarāt (देवता-अन्तरात्) + vibhāga-vat (विभाग-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| devatā-antarāt (देवता-अन्तरात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a deity, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| vibhāga-vat (विभाग-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: disjunction, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
devatā-antarāt (देवता-अन्तरात्) is a compound: a deity, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it devatāntarād (देवतान्तराद्). vibhāga-vat (विभाग-वत्) is a compound: disjunction, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
devatā-antarāt (देवता-अन्तरात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it devatāntarād (देवतान्तराद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) and devatā-antarāt (देवता-अन्तरात्).
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3.2.41. chandaś (छन्दश्) and, a compound: a deity, and possessing.