3.4.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.41
शेषदर्शनाच् च
śeṣadarśanāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: the rest, what remains over, and seeing and.
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. kṛta-tvāt (कृत-त्वात्) from 3.4.40 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śeṣa-darśanāt (शेष-दर्शनात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śeṣa-darśanāt (शेष-दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and seeing. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
śeṣa-darśanāt (शेष-दर्शनात्) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it śeṣadarśanāc (शेषदर्शनाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
śeṣa-darśanāt (शेष-दर्शनात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it śeṣadarśanāc (शेषदर्शनाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣa-darśanāt (शेष-दर्शनात्).