3.5.31
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.31
वषट्काराच् च भक्षयेत्
vaṣaṭkārāc ca bhakṣayet
The line
Because of vaṣaṭkāra (वषट्कार) and, bhakṣayet (भक्षयेत्).
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. sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) from 3.5.30 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vaṣaṭkārāc (वषट्काराच्) + ca (च) + bhakṣayet (भक्षयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vaṣaṭkārāc (वषट्काराच्) | ablative singular | vaṣaṭkāra (वषट्कार) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| bhakṣayet (भक्षयेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
vaṣaṭkārāc (वषट्काराच्) is vaṣaṭkāra (वषट्कार). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
bhakṣayet (भक्षयेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
vaṣaṭkārāc (वषट्काराच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vaṣaṭkārāc (वषट्काराच्) and bhakṣayet (भक्षयेत्).