3.5.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.4
आज्ये च दर्शनात्स्विष्टकृदर्थवदस्य
ājye ca darśanātsviṣṭakṛdarthavadasya
The line
In clarified butter and, of a compound: the new-moon rite, nātsvi (नात्स्वि), ṣṭakṛ (ष्टकृ), dartha (दर्थ), and vada (वद).
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. ekasmint (एकस्मिन्त्) from 3.5.3 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ājye (आज्ये) + ca (च) + darśa-nātsvi-ṣṭakṛ-dartha-vadasya (दर्श-नात्स्वि-ष्टकृ-दर्थ-वदस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ājye (आज्ये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | clarified butter |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| darśa-nātsvi-ṣṭakṛ-dartha-vadasya (दर्श-नात्स्वि-ष्टकृ-दर्थ-वदस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: the new-moon rite, nātsvi (नात्स्वि), ṣṭakṛ (ष्टकृ), dartha (दर्थ), and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
The phrases
ājye (आज्ये) is clarified butter. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
darśa-nātsvi-ṣṭakṛ-dartha-vadasya (दर्श-नात्स्वि-ष्टकृ-दर्थ-वदस्य) is a compound: the new-moon rite, nātsvi (नात्स्वि), ṣṭakṛ (ष्टकृ), dartha (दर्थ), and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
darśa-nātsvi-ṣṭakṛ-dartha-vadasya (दर्श-नात्स्वि-ष्टकृ-दर्थ-वदस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ājye (आज्ये) and darśa-nātsvi-ṣṭakṛ-dartha-vadasya (दर्श-नात्स्वि-ष्टकृ-दर्थ-वदस्य).