3.3.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.5
त्रयीविद्याख्या च तद्विद् धि
trayīvidyākhyā ca tadvid dhi
The line
A compound: trayī (त्रयी), knowing, and khya (ख्य) and, a compound: that, and one who knows, in a thought.
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: trayī-vidyā-khyā (त्रयी-विद्या-ख्या) + ca (च) + tad-vid (तद्-विद्) + dhi (धि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| trayī-vidyā-khyā (त्रयी-विद्या-ख्या) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: trayī (त्रयी), knowing, and khya (ख्य). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tad-vid (तद्-विद्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: that, and one who knows. Read it from the end |
| dhi (धि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a thought |
The phrases
trayī-vidyā-khyā (त्रयी-विद्या-ख्या) is a compound: trayī (त्रयी), knowing, and khya (ख्य). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
tad-vid (तद्-विद्) is a compound: that, and one who knows. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. dhi (धि) is a thought. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
trayī-vidyā-khyā (त्रयी-विद्या-ख्या) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss trayī-vidyā-khyā (त्रयी-विद्या-ख्या) and tad-vid (तद्-विद्).