3.4.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.18
प्रागपरोधान् मलवद् वाससः
prāgaparodhān malavad vāsasaḥ
The line
prāgaparodha (प्रागपरोध), malavad (मलवद्), vāsasa (वासस).
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: prāgaparodhān (प्रागपरोधान्) + malavad (मलवद्) + vāsasaḥ (वाससः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāgaparodhān (प्रागपरोधान्) | accusative plural, masculine | prāgaparodha (प्रागपरोध) |
| malavad (मलवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vāsasaḥ (वाससः) | nominative singular, masculine | vāsasa (वासस) |
The phrases
prāgaparodhān (प्रागपरोधान्) is prāgaparodha (प्रागपरोध). It stands as accusative plural, masculine. malavad (मलवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
vāsasaḥ (वाससः) is vāsasa (वासस). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
prāgaparodhān (प्रागपरोधान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāgaparodhān (प्रागपरोधान्) and malavad (मलवद्).
Next
3.4.19. Because of a compound: anna (अन्न), and a denial and.