3.3.44
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.44
एकस्मिन् वार्थधर्मत्वादैन्द्राग्नवदुभयोर् न स्यादचोदितत्वात्
ekasmin vārthadharmatvād aindrāgnav adubhayor na syād acoditatvāt
The line
ekasmin (एकस्मिन्), because of a compound: or, a thing, a meaning, dharma, a property, and the state of being that, aindrāgnav (ऐन्द्राग्नव्), adubhayor (अदुभयोर्), not it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of acoditatva (अचोदितत्व).
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: ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) + vā-artha-dharma-tvāt (वा-अर्थ-धर्म-त्वात्) + aindrāgnav (ऐन्द्राग्नव्) + adubhayor (अदुभयोर्) + na (न) + syād (स्याद्) + acoditatvāt (अचोदितत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vā-artha-dharma-tvāt (वा-अर्थ-धर्म-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, a thing, a meaning, dharma, a property, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| aindrāgnav (ऐन्द्राग्नव्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| adubhayor (अदुभयोर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| acoditatvāt (अचोदितत्वात्) | ablative singular | acoditatva (अचोदितत्व) |
The phrases
ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. vā-artha-dharma-tvāt (वा-अर्थ-धर्म-त्वात्) is a compound: or, a thing, a meaning, dharma, a property, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vārthadharmatvād (वार्थधर्मत्वाद्). aindrāgnav (ऐन्द्राग्नव्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. adubhayor (अदुभयोर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. acoditatvāt (अचोदितत्वात्) is acoditatva (अचोदितत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vā-artha-dharma-tvāt (वा-अर्थ-धर्म-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vārthadharmatvād (वार्थधर्मत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekasmin (एकस्मिन्) and vā-artha-dharma-tvāt (वा-अर्थ-धर्म-त्वात्).
Next
3.3.45. A compound: a reason, and mātra (मात्र), adantatva (अदन्तत्व).