3.4.48
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.48
भक्षाश्रवणाद् दानशब्दः परिक्रये
bhakṣāśravaṇād dānaśabdaḥ parikraye
The line
Because of bhakṣāśravaṇa (भक्षाश्रवण), a compound: dāna (दान), and a word, for parikra (परिक्र).
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: bhakṣāśravaṇād (भक्षाश्रवणाद्) + dāna-śabdaḥ (दान-शब्दः) + parikraye (परिक्रये)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhakṣāśravaṇād (भक्षाश्रवणाद्) | ablative singular | bhakṣāśravaṇa (भक्षाश्रवण) |
| dāna-śabdaḥ (दान-शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: dāna (दान), and a word. Read it from the end |
| parikraye (परिक्रये) | dative singular | parikra (परिक्र) |
The phrases
bhakṣāśravaṇād (भक्षाश्रवणाद्) is bhakṣāśravaṇa (भक्षाश्रवण). It stands as ablative singular. dāna-śabdaḥ (दान-शब्दः) is a compound: dāna (दान), and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
parikraye (परिक्रये) is parikra (परिक्र). It stands as dative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhakṣāśravaṇād (भक्षाश्रवणाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhakṣāśravaṇād (भक्षाश्रवणाद्) and dāna-śabdaḥ (दान-शब्दः).