3.3.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.1
श्रुतेर् जाताधिकारः स्यात्
śruter jātādhikāraḥ syāt
The line
Because of because of scripture, of scripture, jātādhikāra (जाताधिकार), 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: śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) + jātādhikāraḥ (जाताधिकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) | ablative or genitive singular | because of scripture, of scripture |
| jātādhikāraḥ (जाताधिकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | jātādhikāra (जाताधिकार) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) is because of scripture, of scripture. It stands as ablative or genitive singular. The line writes it śruter (श्रुतेर्). jātādhikāraḥ (जाताधिकारः) is jātādhikāra (जाताधिकार). 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
jātādhikāraḥ (जाताधिकारः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it śruter (श्रुतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) and jātādhikāraḥ (जाताधिकारः).
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3.3.2. The Veda or, because of a compound: prāya (प्राय), and seeing.