3.5.48
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.48
इज्याबिकारो वा संस्कारस्य तदर्थत्वात्
ijyābikāro vā saṃskārasya tadarthatvāt
The line
ijyābikāra (इज्याबिकार) or, of a compounded thing, because of because it is for the sake of that.
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: ijyābikāro (इज्याबिकारो) + vā (वा) + saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ijyābikāro (इज्याबिकारो) | nominative singular, masculine | ijyābikāra (इज्याबिकार) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) | genitive singular | a compounded thing |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
ijyābikāro (इज्याबिकारो) is ijyābikāra (इज्याबिकार). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) is a compounded thing. It stands as genitive singular. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ijyābikāro (इज्याबिकारो) and saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य).