3.3.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.29
उक्थ्यादिषु वार्थस्य विद्यमानत्वात्
ukthyādiṣu vārthasya vidyamānatvāt
The line
In ukthyāda (उक्थ्याद) or, of of the thing, a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: ukthyādiṣu (उक्थ्यादिषु) + vā (वा) + arthasya (अर्थस्य) + vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ukthyādiṣu (उक्थ्यादिषु) | locative plural | ukthyāda (उक्थ्याद) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| arthasya (अर्थस्य) | genitive singular | of the thing |
| vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
ukthyādiṣu (उक्थ्यादिषु) is ukthyāda (उक्थ्याद). It stands as locative plural. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
arthasya (अर्थस्य) is of the thing. It stands as genitive singular. The line joins them as vārthasya (वार्थस्य). vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात) is a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as vārthasya (वार्थस्य).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ukthyādiṣu (उक्थ्यादिषु) and arthasya (अर्थस्य).