3.4.50
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.50
भक्षार्थो वा द्रव्ये समत्वात्
bhakṣārtho vā dravye samatvāt
The line
bhakṣārtha (भक्षार्थ) or, in a substance, because of because they are the same.
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: bhakṣārtho (भक्षार्थो) + vā (वा) + dravye (द्रव्ये) + samatvāt (समत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhakṣārtho (भक्षार्थो) | nominative singular, masculine | bhakṣārtha (भक्षार्थ) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| dravye (द्रव्ये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a substance |
| samatvāt (समत्वात्) | ablative singular | because they are the same |
The phrases
bhakṣārtho (भक्षार्थो) is bhakṣārtha (भक्षार्थ). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
dravye (द्रव्ये) is a substance. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. samatvāt (समत्वात्) is because they are the same. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhakṣārtho (भक्षार्थो) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhakṣārtho (भक्षार्थो) and dravye (द्रव्ये).
Next
3.4.51. Because of vyādeśa (व्यादेश), dānasaṃstuta (दानसंस्तुत).