3.4.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.26
होमास् तु व्यवतिष्ठेरन्नाहवनीयसंयोगात्
homās tu vyavatiṣṭher annāhavanīyasaṃyogāt
The line
homās (होमास्) but, vyavatiṣṭher (व्यवतिष्ठेर्), because of a compound: annā (अन्ना), hava (हव), nīya (नीय), and conjunction.
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: homās (होमास्) + tu (तु) + vyavatiṣṭher (व्यवतिष्ठेर्) + annā-hava-nīya-saṃyogāt (अन्ना-हव-नीय-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| homās (होमास्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vyavatiṣṭher (व्यवतिष्ठेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| annā-hava-nīya-saṃyogāt (अन्ना-हव-नीय-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: annā (अन्ना), hava (हव), nīya (नीय), and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
homās (होमास्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
vyavatiṣṭher (व्यवतिष्ठेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. annā-hava-nīya-saṃyogāt (अन्ना-हव-नीय-संयोगात्) is a compound: annā (अन्ना), hava (हव), nīya (नीय), and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
annā-hava-nīya-saṃyogāt (अन्ना-हव-नीय-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss homās (होमास्) and vyavatiṣṭher (व्यवतिष्ठेर्).
Next
3.4.27. The rest, what remains over and, because of a compound: a name, and not.