3.4.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.3
विधिस्तवर्पूर्वत्वात् स्यात्
vidhistavarpūrvatvāt syāt
The line
Because of a compound: an injunction, stava (स्तव), and rpūrvatva (र्पूर्वत्व), 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 line is short. apadeśaḥ (अपदेशः) from 3.4.2 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vidhi-stava-rpūrvatvāt (विधि-स्तव-र्पूर्वत्वात्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidhi-stava-rpūrvatvāt (विधि-स्तव-र्पूर्वत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an injunction, stava (स्तव), and rpūrvatva (र्पूर्वत्व). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vidhi-stava-rpūrvatvāt (विधि-स्तव-र्पूर्वत्वात्) is a compound: an injunction, stava (स्तव), and rpūrvatva (र्पूर्वत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhi-stava-rpūrvatvāt (विधि-स्तव-र्पूर्वत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidhi-stava-rpūrvatvāt (विधि-स्तव-र्पूर्वत्वात्) and syāt (स्यात्).