3.4.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.29
अर्थवादो वानुपपातत् तस्माद् यज्ञे प्रतीयेत
arthavādo vānupapātat tasmād yajñe pratīyeta
The line
Praise, words that are not the command, vānupapātat (वानुपपातत्), therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound, in a sacrifice, would be understood.
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: arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) + vānupapātat (वानुपपातत्) + tasmād (तस्माद्) + yajñe (यज्ञे) + pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) | nominative singular, masculine | praise, words that are not the command |
| vānupapātat (वानुपपातत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tasmād (तस्माद्) | indeclinable | therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound |
| yajñe (यज्ञे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a sacrifice |
| pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) | optative, third person singular | would be understood |
The phrases
arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) is praise, words that are not the command. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it arthavādo (अर्थवादो). vānupapātat (वानुपपातत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tasmād (तस्माद्) is therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable.
yajñe (यज्ञे) is a sacrifice. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) is would be understood. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vānupapātat (वानुपपातत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it arthavādo (अर्थवादो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) and vānupapātat (वानुपपातत्).
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