3.5.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.36
एकपात्रे क्रमादध्वर्युः पूर्वो भक्षयेत्
ekapātre kramād adhvaryuḥ pūrvo bhakṣayet
The line
In ekapātra (एकपात्र), because of order, the adhvaryu priest, the earlier, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: ekapātre (एकपात्रे) + kramāt (क्रमात्) + adhvaryuḥ (अध्वर्युः) + pūrvaḥ (पूर्वः) + bhakṣayet (भक्षयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekapātre (एकपात्रे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | ekapātra (एकपात्र) |
| kramāt (क्रमात्) | ablative singular | order |
| adhvaryuḥ (अध्वर्युः) | nominative singular | the adhvaryu priest |
| pūrvaḥ (पूर्वः) | nominative singular, masculine | the earlier |
| bhakṣayet (भक्षयेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
ekapātre (एकपात्रे) is ekapātra (एकपात्र). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. kramāt (क्रमात्) is order. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kramād (क्रमाद्). adhvaryuḥ (अध्वर्युः) is the adhvaryu priest. It stands as nominative singular.
pūrvaḥ (पूर्वः) is the earlier. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it pūrvo (पूर्वो). bhakṣayet (भक्षयेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
adhvaryuḥ (अध्वर्युः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kramād (क्रमाद्). The line writes it pūrvo (पूर्वो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekapātre (एकपात्रे) and kramāt (क्रमात्).
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