3.4.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.39
उपायो वा तदर्थत्वात्
upāyo vā tadarthatvāt
The line
upāya (उपाय) or, because of because it is for the sake of that.
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. niravadānāt (निरवदानात्) from 3.4.38 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: upāyo (उपायो) + vā (वा) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upāyo (उपायो) | nominative singular, masculine | upāya (उपाय) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
upāyo (उपायो) is upāya (उपाय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss upāyo (उपायो) and tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्).