3.4.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.42
अप्रयोजकत्वादेकस्मात् क्रियेरञ् छेषस्य गुणभूतत्वात्
aprayojakatvād ekasmāt kriyerañ cheṣasya guṇabhūtatvāt
The line
Because of aprayojakatva (अप्रयोजकत्व), because of a compound: one, and indeed, kriyerañ (क्रियेरञ्), of cheṣa (छेष), because of because it stands as a subordinate.
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: aprayojakatvād (अप्रयोजकत्वाद्) + eka-smāt (एक-स्मात्) + kriyerañ (क्रियेरञ्) + cheṣasya (छेषस्य) + guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aprayojakatvād (अप्रयोजकत्वाद्) | ablative singular | aprayojakatva (अप्रयोजकत्व) |
| eka-smāt (एक-स्मात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one, and indeed. Read it from the end |
| kriyerañ (क्रियेरञ्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| cheṣasya (छेषस्य) | genitive singular | cheṣa (छेष) |
| guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as a subordinate |
The phrases
aprayojakatvād (अप्रयोजकत्वाद्) is aprayojakatva (अप्रयोजकत्व). It stands as ablative singular. eka-smāt (एक-स्मात्) is a compound: one, and indeed. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. kriyerañ (क्रियेरञ्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
cheṣasya (छेषस्य) is cheṣa (छेष). It stands as genitive singular. guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as a subordinate. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
aprayojakatvād (अप्रयोजकत्वाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aprayojakatvād (अप्रयोजकत्वाद्) and eka-smāt (एक-स्मात्).
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3.4.43. Because of a compound: the conditioned, and the state of being that and.