3.4.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.15
प्रकरणविशेषाद् वा तद्युक्तस्य संस्कारो द्रव्यवत्
prakaraṇaviśeṣād vā tadyuktasya saṃskāro dravyavat
The line
Because of a compound: the context, and a difference or, of a compound: that, and fit, right, a compounded thing, a compound: a substance, and possessing.
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: prakaraṇa-viśeṣāt (प्रकरण-विशेषात्) + vā (वा) + tad-yuktasya (तद्-युक्तस्य) + saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) + dravya-vat (द्रव्य-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakaraṇa-viśeṣāt (प्रकरण-विशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the context, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tad-yuktasya (तद्-युक्तस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: that, and fit, right. Read it from the end |
| saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compounded thing |
| dravya-vat (द्रव्य-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a substance, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
prakaraṇa-viśeṣāt (प्रकरण-विशेषात्) is a compound: the context, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakaraṇaviśeṣād (प्रकरणविशेषाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. tad-yuktasya (तद्-युक्तस्य) is a compound: that, and fit, right. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) is a compounded thing. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it saṃskāro (संस्कारो). dravya-vat (द्रव्य-वत्) is a compound: a substance, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
prakaraṇa-viśeṣāt (प्रकरण-विशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it prakaraṇaviśeṣād (प्रकरणविशेषाद्). The line writes it saṃskāro (संस्कारो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakaraṇa-viśeṣāt (प्रकरण-विशेषात्) and tad-yuktasya (तद्-युक्तस्य).