3.3.46
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.46
वचनं परम्
vacanaṃ param
The line
A statement, the highest, only.
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. hetu-mātram (हेतु-मात्रम्) from 3.3.45 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vacanaṃ (वचनं) + param (परम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanaṃ (वचनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a statement |
| param (परम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the highest, only |
The phrases
vacanaṃ (वचनं) is a statement. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
param (परम्) is the highest, only. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
vacanaṃ (वचनं) is nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanaṃ (वचनं) and param (परम्).