3.6.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.16
तासामग्निः प्रकृतितः प्रयाजवत् स्यात्
tāsām agniḥ prakṛtitaḥ prayājavat syāt
The line
Of tāsa (तास), fire, a compound: nature, what is seen, and taḥa (तःअ), prayājavat (प्रयाजवत्), 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: tāsām (तासाम्) + agniḥ (अग्निः) + prakṛti-taḥa (प्रकृति-तःअ) + prayājavat (प्रयाजवत्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tāsām (तासाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | tāsa (तास) |
| agniḥ (अग्निः) | nominative singular | fire |
| prakṛti-taḥa (प्रकृति-तःअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: nature, what is seen, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end |
| prayājavat (प्रयाजवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
tāsām (तासाम्) is tāsa (तास). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. agniḥ (अग्निः) is fire. It stands as nominative singular. prakṛti-taḥa (प्रकृति-तःअ) is a compound: nature, what is seen, and taḥa (तःअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
prayājavat (प्रयाजवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛti-taḥa (प्रकृति-तःअ) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tāsām (तासाम्) and agniḥ (अग्निः).
Next
3.6.17. Not or, of tāsa (तास), because of because it is for the sake of that.