3.2.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.41
छन्दश् च देवतावत्
chandaś ca devatāvat
The line
chandaś (छन्दश्) and, a compound: a deity, 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 line is short. ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) from 3.2.40 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: chandaś (छन्दश्) + ca (च) + devatā-vat (देवता-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| chandaś (छन्दश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| devatā-vat (देवता-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a deity, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
chandaś (छन्दश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
devatā-vat (देवता-वत्) is a compound: a deity, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
devatā-vat (देवता-वत्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss chandaś (छन्दश्) and devatā-vat (देवता-वत्).
Next
3.2.42. In all or, because of because of absence, ekacchandasa (एकच्छन्दस).