3.6.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.17
न वा तासां तदर्थत्वात्
na vā tāsāṃ tadarthatvāt
The line
Not or, of tāsa (तास), 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 line is short. tāsām (तासाम्) from 3.6.16 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + vā (वा) + tāsāṃ (तासां) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tāsāṃ (तासां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | tāsa (तास) |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tāsāṃ (तासां) is tāsa (तास). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. 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 tāsāṃ (तासां) and tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्).