3.3.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.16
असंयोगात् तु मुख्यस्य तस्मादपकृष्येत
asaṃyogāt tu mukhyasya tasmād apakṛṣyeta
The line
Because of asaṃyoga (असंयोग) but, of primary, therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound, apakṛṣyeta (अपकृष्येत).
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: asaṃyogāt (असंयोगात्) + tu (तु) + mukhyasya (मुख्यस्य) + tasmād (तस्माद्) + apakṛṣyeta (अपकृष्येत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asaṃyogāt (असंयोगात्) | ablative singular | asaṃyoga (असंयोग) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| mukhyasya (मुख्यस्य) | genitive singular | primary |
| tasmād (तस्माद्) | indeclinable | therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound |
| apakṛṣyeta (अपकृष्येत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
asaṃyogāt (असंयोगात्) is asaṃyoga (असंयोग). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. mukhyasya (मुख्यस्य) is primary. It stands as genitive singular.
tasmād (तस्माद्) is therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. apakṛṣyeta (अपकृष्येत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
apakṛṣyeta (अपकृष्येत) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asaṃyogāt (असंयोगात्) and mukhyasya (मुख्यस्य).