3.3.28
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.28
संस्थाश् च कर्तृवद् धारणार्थाविशेषात्
saṃsthāś ca kartṛvad dhāraṇārthāviśeṣāt
The line
saṃsthāś (संस्थाश्) and, a compound: an agent, and vada (वद), because of a compound: holding, a thing, a meaning, and no difference.
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: saṃsthāś (संस्थाश्) + ca (च) + kartṛ-vada (कर्तृ-वद) + dhāraṇā-artha-aviśeṣāt (धारणा-अर्थ-अविशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃsthāś (संस्थाश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kartṛ-vada (कर्तृ-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an agent, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| dhāraṇā-artha-aviśeṣāt (धारणा-अर्थ-अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: holding, a thing, a meaning, and no difference. Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃsthāś (संस्थाश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
kartṛ-vada (कर्तृ-वद) is a compound: an agent, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. dhāraṇā-artha-aviśeṣāt (धारणा-अर्थ-अविशेषात्) is a compound: holding, a thing, a meaning, and no difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dhāraṇā-artha-aviśeṣāt (धारणा-अर्थ-अविशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃsthāś (संस्थाश्) and kartṛ-vada (कर्तृ-वद).