3.4.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.38
निरवदानात् तु शेषः स्यात्
niravadānāt tu śeṣaḥ syāt
The line
Because of niravadāna (निरवदान) but, the rest, what remains over, 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: niravadānāt (निरवदानात्) + tu (तु) + śeṣaḥ (शेषः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niravadānāt (निरवदानात्) | ablative singular | niravadāna (निरवदान) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| śeṣaḥ (शेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | the rest, what remains over |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
niravadānāt (निरवदानात्) is niravadāna (निरवदान). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
śeṣaḥ (शेषः) is the rest, what remains over. 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
niravadānāt (निरवदानात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niravadānāt (निरवदानात्) and śeṣaḥ (शेषः).
Next
3.4.39. upāya (उपाय) or, because of because it is for the sake of that.