3.3.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.13
आख्या चैवम तदर्थत्वात्
ākhyā caivama tadarthatvāt
The line
ākhya (आख्य), caivama (चैवम), because of because it is for the sake of that.
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: ākhyā (आख्या) + caivama (चैवम) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ākhyā (आख्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | ākhya (आख्य) |
| caivama (चैवम) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
ākhyā (आख्या) is ākhya (आख्य). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. caivama (चैवम) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ākhyā (आख्या) and caivama (चैवम).