3.5.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.21
वचनानि त्वपूर्वत्वात् तस्माद् यथोपदेशं स्युः
vacanāni tv apūrvatvāt tasmād yathopadeśaṃ syuḥ
The line
A statement, the state of being that, because of a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that, therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: as, and teaching, they would be.
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: vacanāni (वचनानि) + tva (त्व) + apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) + tasmād (तस्माद्) + yathā-upadeśaṃ (यथा-उपदेशं) + syuḥ (स्युः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanāni (वचनानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | a statement |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tasmād (तस्माद्) | indeclinable | therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound |
| yathā-upadeśaṃ (यथा-उपदेशं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: as, and teaching. Read it from the end |
| syuḥ (स्युः) | optative, third person plural | they would be |
The phrases
vacanāni (वचनानि) is a statement. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
tasmād (तस्माद्) is therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. yathā-upadeśaṃ (यथा-उपदेशं) is a compound: as, and teaching. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. syuḥ (स्युः) is they would be. It stands as optative, third person plural.
Sanskrit in this line
yathā-upadeśaṃ (यथा-उपदेशं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanāni (वचनानि) and tva (त्व).