3.5.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.27
ग्रावस्तुतो भक्षो न विद्यतेऽनाम्नानात्
grāvastuto bhakṣo na vidyate 'nāmnānāt
The line
grāvastuta (ग्रावस्तुत), bhakṣa (भक्ष), not is found, because of anāmnāna (अनाम्नान).
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: grāvastuto (ग्रावस्तुतो) + bhakṣo (भक्षो) + na (न) + vidyate (विद्यते) + anāmnānāt (अनाम्नानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| grāvastuto (ग्रावस्तुतो) | nominative singular, masculine | grāvastuta (ग्रावस्तुत) |
| bhakṣo (भक्षो) | nominative singular, masculine | bhakṣa (भक्ष) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidyate (विद्यते) | present, third person singular | is found |
| anāmnānāt (अनाम्नानात्) | ablative singular | anāmnāna (अनाम्नान) |
The phrases
grāvastuto (ग्रावस्तुतो) is grāvastuta (ग्रावस्तुत). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. bhakṣo (भक्षो) is bhakṣa (भक्ष). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
vidyate (विद्यते) is is found. It stands as present, third person singular. anāmnānāt (अनाम्नानात्) is anāmnāna (अनाम्नान). It stands as ablative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss grāvastuto (ग्रावस्तुतो) and bhakṣo (भक्षो).