3.3.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.2
वेदो वा प्रायदर्शनात्
vedo vā prāyadarśanāt
The line
The Veda or, because of a compound: prāya (प्राय), and seeing.
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. śruteḥ (श्रुतेः) from 3.3.1 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vedaḥ (वेदः) + vā (वा) + prāya-darśanāt (प्राय-दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vedaḥ (वेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | the Veda |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prāya-darśanāt (प्राय-दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: prāya (प्राय), and seeing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vedaḥ (वेदः) is the Veda. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vedo. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prāya-darśanāt (प्राय-दर्शनात्) is a compound: prāya (प्राय), and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prāya-darśanāt (प्राय-दर्शनात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vedo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vedaḥ (वेदः) and prāya-darśanāt (प्राय-दर्शनात्).
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