3.4.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.20
अप्रकरणे तु तद्वर्मस् ततो विशेषात्
aprakaraṇe tu tadvarmas tato viśeṣāt
The line
In aprakaraṇa (अप्रकरण) but, tadvarmas (तद्वर्म), from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound, because of because of a difference.
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: aprakaraṇe (अप्रकरणे) + tu (तु) + tadvarmas (तद्वर्म) + tato (ततो) + viśeṣāt (विशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aprakaraṇe (अप्रकरणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | aprakaraṇa (अप्रकरण) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| tadvarmas (तद्वर्म) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tato (ततो) | indeclinable | from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound |
| viśeṣāt (विशेषात्) | ablative singular | because of a difference |
The phrases
aprakaraṇe (अप्रकरणे) is aprakaraṇa (अप्रकरण). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. tadvarmas (तद्वर्म) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tato (ततो) is from that. tataḥ (ततः) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. viśeṣāt (विशेषात्) is because of a difference. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
aprakaraṇe (अप्रकरणे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aprakaraṇe (अप्रकरणे) and tadvarmas (तद्वर्म).