3.5.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.6
साधारण्यान् न ध्रुवायां स्यात्
sādhāraṇyān na dhruvāyāṃ syāt
The line
sādhāraṇya (साधारण्य), not of dhruvāya (ध्रुवाय), it would be, let it be granted.
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: sādhāraṇyān (साधारण्यान्) + na (न) + dhruvāyāṃ (ध्रुवायां) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sādhāraṇyān (साधारण्यान्) | accusative plural, masculine | sādhāraṇya (साधारण्य) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| dhruvāyāṃ (ध्रुवायां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | dhruvāya (ध्रुवाय) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
sādhāraṇyān (साधारण्यान्) is sādhāraṇya (साधारण्य). It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
dhruvāyāṃ (ध्रुवायां) is dhruvāya (ध्रुवाय). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sādhāraṇyān (साधारण्यान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sādhāraṇyān (साधारण्यान्) and dhruvāyāṃ (ध्रुवायां).