3.3.32
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.32
सङ्ख्यायुक्तं क्रतोः प्रकरणात् स्यात्
saṅkhyāyuktaṃ kratoḥ prakaraṇāt syāt
The line
A compound: saṅkhyā (सङ्ख्या), and fit, right, of a rite, because of because of the context, it would be, let it be granted.
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: saṅkhyā-yuktaṃ (सङ्ख्या-युक्तं) + kratoḥ (क्रतोः) + prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṅkhyā-yuktaṃ (सङ्ख्या-युक्तं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: saṅkhyā (सङ्ख्या), and fit, right. Read it from the end |
| kratoḥ (क्रतोः) | genitive or ablative singular | a rite |
| prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) | ablative singular | because of the context |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
saṅkhyā-yuktaṃ (सङ्ख्या-युक्तं) is a compound: saṅkhyā (सङ्ख्या), and fit, right. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kratoḥ (क्रतोः) is a rite. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) is because of the context. It stands as ablative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṅkhyā-yuktaṃ (सङ्ख्या-युक्तं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṅkhyā-yuktaṃ (सङ्ख्या-युक्तं) and kratoḥ (क्रतोः).