3.4.31
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.31
लिङ्गादार्त्विजे स्यात्
liṅgād ārtvije syāt
The line
Because of from a mark, in ārtvija (आर्त्विज), 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: liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) + ārtvije (आर्त्विजे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) | ablative singular | from a mark |
| ārtvije (आर्त्विजे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | ārtvija (आर्त्विज) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) is from a mark. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it liṅgād (लिङ्गाद्). ārtvije (आर्त्विजे) is ārtvija (आर्त्विज). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ārtvije (आर्त्विजे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it liṅgād (लिङ्गाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss liṅgāt (लिङ्गात्) and ārtvije (आर्त्विजे).