3.5.46
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.46
प्रवृत्तत्वात् प्रवरस्यानपायः
pravṛttatvāt pravarasyānapāyaḥ
The line
Because of pravṛttatva (प्रवृत्तत्व), pravarasyānapāya (प्रवरस्यानपाय).
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. yaṣṭur (यष्टुर्) from 3.5.45 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pravṛttatvāt (प्रवृत्तत्वात्) + pravarasyānapāyaḥ (प्रवरस्यानपायः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pravṛttatvāt (प्रवृत्तत्वात्) | ablative singular | pravṛttatva (प्रवृत्तत्व) |
| pravarasyānapāyaḥ (प्रवरस्यानपायः) | nominative singular, masculine | pravarasyānapāya (प्रवरस्यानपाय) |
The phrases
pravṛttatvāt (प्रवृत्तत्वात्) is pravṛttatva (प्रवृत्तत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
pravarasyānapāyaḥ (प्रवरस्यानपायः) is pravarasyānapāya (प्रवरस्यानपाय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
pravarasyānapāyaḥ (प्रवरस्यानपायः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pravṛttatvāt (प्रवृत्तत्वात्) and pravarasyānapāyaḥ (प्रवरस्यानपायः).