3.6.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.2
प्रकृतौ वाद्विरुक्तत्वात्
prakṛtau vādviruktatvāt
The line
In in nature, in the model rite, because of vādviruktatva (वाद्विरुक्तत्व).
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. sarvā (सर्वा) from 3.6.1 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) + vādviruktatvāt (वाद्विरुक्तत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) | locative singular | in nature, in the model rite |
| vādviruktatvāt (वाद्विरुक्तत्वात्) | ablative singular | vādviruktatva (वाद्विरुक्तत्व) |
The phrases
prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) is in nature, in the model rite. It stands as locative singular.
vādviruktatvāt (वाद्विरुक्तत्वात्) is vādviruktatva (वाद्विरुक्तत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vādviruktatvāt (वाद्विरुक्तत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) and vādviruktatvāt (वाद्विरुक्तत्वात्).
Next
3.6.3. tadvarja (तद्वर्ज) but, in a compound: a statement, and what already follows.