3.5.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.40
वचनादनुज्ञातभक्षणम्
vacanād anujñātabhakṣaṇam
The line
Because of because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound, anujñātabhakṣaṇa (अनुज्ञातभक्षण).
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. kāraṇānupūrvyāc (कारणानुपूर्व्याच्) from 3.5.39 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vacanād (वचनाद्) + anujñātabhakṣaṇam (अनुज्ञातभक्षणम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vacanād (वचनाद्) | ablative singular | because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound |
| anujñātabhakṣaṇam (अनुज्ञातभक्षणम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | anujñātabhakṣaṇa (अनुज्ञातभक्षण) |
The phrases
vacanād (वचनाद्) is because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as ablative singular.
anujñātabhakṣaṇam (अनुज्ञातभक्षणम्) is anujñātabhakṣaṇa (अनुज्ञातभक्षण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
anujñātabhakṣaṇam (अनुज्ञातभक्षणम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vacanād (वचनाद्) and anujñātabhakṣaṇam (अनुज्ञातभक्षणम्).