3.4.28
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.28
दोषात् त्विष्टिर् लौकिके स्याच् छास्त्राद् धि वैदिक न दोषः स्यात्
doṣāt tv iṣṭir laukike syāc chāstrād dhi vaidika na doṣaḥ syāt
The line
Because of a fault, the state of being that, an offering of cake, in an ordinary person, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c, because of chāstra (छास्त्र), in a thought, vaidika (वैदिक), not a fault, it would be, let it be granted.
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: doṣāt (दोषात्) + tva (त्व) + iṣṭiḥ (इष्टिः) + laukike (लौकिके) + syāc (स्याच्) + chāstrād (छास्त्राद्) + dhi (धि) + vaidika (वैदिक) + na (न) + doṣaḥ (दोषः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| doṣāt (दोषात्) | ablative singular | a fault |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| iṣṭiḥ (इष्टिः) | nominative singular | an offering of cake |
| laukike (लौकिके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | an ordinary person |
| syāc (स्याच्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c |
| chāstrād (छास्त्राद्) | ablative singular | chāstra (छास्त्र) |
| dhi (धि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a thought |
| vaidika (वैदिक) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| doṣaḥ (दोषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a fault |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
doṣāt (दोषात्) is a fault. It stands as ablative singular. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. iṣṭiḥ (इष्टिः) is an offering of cake. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it iṣṭir (इष्टिर्). laukike (लौकिके) is an ordinary person. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syāc (स्याच्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before c. It stands as optative, third person singular. chāstrād (छास्त्राद्) is chāstra (छास्त्र). It stands as ablative singular.
dhi (धि) is a thought. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. vaidika (वैदिक) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. doṣaḥ (दोषः) is a fault. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
chāstrād (छास्त्राद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it iṣṭir (इष्टिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss doṣāt (दोषात्) and tva (त्व).