3.4.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.2
अपदेशो वार्थस्य विद्यमानतत्त्वात्
apadeśo vārthasya vidyamānatattvāt
The line
A statement of a reason or, of of the thing, because of a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and a reality, what is so.
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: apadeśaḥ (अपदेशः) + vā (वा) + arthasya (अर्थस्य) + vidya-māna-tattvāt (विद्य-मान-तत्त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| apadeśaḥ (अपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a statement of a reason |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| arthasya (अर्थस्य) | genitive singular | of the thing |
| vidya-māna-tattvāt (विद्य-मान-तत्त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and a reality, what is so. Read it from the end |
The phrases
apadeśaḥ (अपदेशः) is a statement of a reason. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it apadeśo (अपदेशो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
arthasya (अर्थस्य) is of the thing. It stands as genitive singular. The line joins them as vārthasya (वार्थस्य). vidya-māna-tattvāt (विद्य-मान-तत्त्वात्) is a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and a reality, what is so. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vidya-māna-tattvāt (विद्य-मान-तत्त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it apadeśo (अपदेशो). The line joins them as vārthasya (वार्थस्य).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss apadeśaḥ (अपदेशः) and arthasya (अर्थस्य).