3.3.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.23
न प्रकृतेरशास्त्रनिष्पत्तेः
na prakṛter aśāstraniṣpatteḥ
The line
Not of of nature, from the model, of aśāstraniṣpatta (अशास्त्रनिष्पत्त).
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. ekadeśaḥ (एकदेशः) from 3.3.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) + aśāstraniṣpatteḥ (अशास्त्रनिष्पत्तेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | of nature, from the model |
| aśāstraniṣpatteḥ (अशास्त्रनिष्पत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | aśāstraniṣpatta (अशास्त्रनिष्पत्त) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) is of nature, from the model. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it prakṛter (प्रकृतेर्).
aśāstraniṣpatteḥ (अशास्त्रनिष्पत्तेः) is aśāstraniṣpatta (अशास्त्रनिष्पत्त). It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
aśāstraniṣpatteḥ (अशास्त्रनिष्पत्तेः) is genitive or ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it prakṛter (प्रकृतेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) and aśāstraniṣpatteḥ (अशास्त्रनिष्पत्तेः).