3.5.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.42
तत्रार्थात् प्रतिवचनम्
tatrārthāt prativacanam
The line
There, because of from the meaning, from the thing, a compound: toward, against, and a statement.
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: tatra (तत्र) + arthāt (अर्थात्) + prati-vacanam (प्रति-वचनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| arthāt (अर्थात्) | ablative singular | from the meaning, from the thing |
| prati-vacanam (प्रति-वचनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: toward, against, and a statement. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. arthāt (अर्थात्) is from the meaning, from the thing. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as tatrārthāt (तत्रार्थात्).
prati-vacanam (प्रति-वचनम्) is a compound: toward, against, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-vacanam (प्रति-वचनम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as tatrārthāt (तत्रार्थात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tatra (तत्र) and arthāt (अर्थात्).
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3.5.43. Of tadekatra (तदेकत्र), because of because of inherence.