3.6.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.25
स्थानात् तु पूर्वस्य संस्कारस्य तदर्थत्वात्
sthānāt tu pūrvasya saṃskārasya tadarthatvāt
The line
Because of the place, the order but, of the earlier, of a compounded thing, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sthānāt (स्थानात्) + tu (तु) + pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) + saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sthānāt (स्थानात्) | ablative singular | the place, the order |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) | genitive singular | the earlier |
| saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) | genitive singular | a compounded thing |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
sthānāt (स्थानात्) is the place, the order. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य) is the earlier. It stands as genitive singular.
saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) is a compounded thing. It stands as genitive singular. 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 sthānāt (स्थानात्) and pūrvasya (पूर्वस्य).
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