3.4.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.14
अहीनवत् पुरुषस् तदर्थत्वात्
ahīnavat puruṣas tadarthatvāt
The line
ahīnavat (अहीनवत्), the person, because of because it is for the sake of that.
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: ahīnavat (अहीनवत्) + puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ahīnavat (अहीनवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः) | nominative singular, masculine | the person |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
ahīnavat (अहीनवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः) is the person. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it puruṣas (पुरुष).
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it puruṣas (पुरुष).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ahīnavat (अहीनवत्) and puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः).