3.4.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.8
अर्थवादो वा प्रकरणात्
arthavādo vā prakaraṇāt
The line
Praise, words that are not the command or, because of because of the context.
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. tatpradhāne (तत्प्रधाने) from 3.4.7 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) + vā (वा) + prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) | nominative singular, masculine | praise, words that are not the command |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) | ablative singular | because of the context |
The phrases
arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) is praise, words that are not the command. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it arthavādo (अर्थवादो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्) is because of the context. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it arthavādo (अर्थवादो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthavādaḥ (अर्थवादः) and prakaraṇāt (प्रकरणात्).