3.5.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.15
तद्वच् च शेषवचनम्
tadvac ca śeṣavacanam
The line
tadvac (तद्वच्) and, a compound: the rest, what remains over, and a statement.
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. sautrāmaṇyāṃ (सौत्रामण्यां) from 3.5.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tadvac (तद्वच्) + ca (च) + śeṣa-vacanam (शेष-वचनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadvac (तद्वच्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| śeṣa-vacanam (शेष-वचनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and a statement. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tadvac (तद्वच्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
śeṣa-vacanam (शेष-वचनम्) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
śeṣa-vacanam (शेष-वचनम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadvac (तद्वच्) and śeṣa-vacanam (शेष-वचनम्).