3.6.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.20
श्वस् त्वेकेषां तत्र प्राक्श्रुतिर् गुणार्था
śvas tv ekeṣāṃ tatra prākśrutir guṇārthā
The line
Tomorrow, the state of being that, of ekeṣa (एकेष), there, prākśrutir (प्राक्श्रुतिर्), a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning.
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: śvas (श्व) + tva (त्व) + ekeṣāṃ (एकेषां) + tatra (तत्र) + prākśrutir (प्राक्श्रुतिर्) + guṇa-arthā (गुण-अर्था)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śvas (श्व) | indeclinable | tomorrow |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| ekeṣāṃ (एकेषां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | ekeṣa (एकेष) |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| prākśrutir (प्राक्श्रुतिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| guṇa-arthā (गुण-अर्था) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
The phrases
śvas (श्व) is tomorrow. It stands as indeclinable. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. ekeṣāṃ (एकेषां) is ekeṣa (एकेष). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine.
tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. prākśrutir (प्राक्श्रुतिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. guṇa-arthā (गुण-अर्था) is a compound: a quality, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prākśrutir (प्राक्श्रुतिर्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śvas (श्व) and tva (त्व).
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