3.4.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.33
दोषात् तु वैदिके स्यादर्थाद् धि लौकिके न दोषः स्यात्
doṣāt tu vaidike syād arthād dhi laukike na doṣaḥ syāt
The line
Because of a fault but, in vaidika (वैदिक), it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of from the meaning, from the thing, in a thought, in an ordinary person, 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) + tu (तु) + vaidike (वैदिके) + syād (स्याद्) + arthāt (अर्थात्) + dhi (धि) + laukike (लौकिके) + na (न) + doṣaḥ (दोषः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| doṣāt (दोषात्) | ablative singular | a fault |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vaidike (वैदिके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vaidika (वैदिक) |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| arthāt (अर्थात्) | ablative singular | from the meaning, from the thing |
| dhi (धि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | a thought |
| laukike (लौकिके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | an ordinary person |
| 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. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vaidike (वैदिके) is vaidika (वैदिक). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. arthāt (अर्थात्) is from the meaning, from the thing. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it arthād (अर्थाद्).
dhi (धि) is a thought. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. laukike (लौकिके) is an ordinary person. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. 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
vaidike (वैदिके) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it arthād (अर्थाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss doṣāt (दोषात्) and vaidike (वैदिके).
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