3.5.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.3
एकस्मिन्त् समवत्तशब्दात्
ekasmint samavattaśabdāt
The line
ekasmint (एकस्मिन्त्), because of a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, vatta (वत्त), and a word.
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. kāraṇāt (कारणात्) from 3.5.2 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ekasmint (एकस्मिन्त्) + sama-vatta-śabdāt (सम-वत्त-शब्दात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekasmint (एकस्मिन्त्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| sama-vatta-śabdāt (सम-वत्त-शब्दात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, vatta (वत्त), and a word. Read it from the end |
The phrases
ekasmint (एकस्मिन्त्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
sama-vatta-śabdāt (सम-वत्त-शब्दात्) is a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, vatta (वत्त), and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sama-vatta-śabdāt (सम-वत्त-शब्दात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekasmint (एकस्मिन्त्) and sama-vatta-śabdāt (सम-वत्त-शब्दात्).