3.6.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.42
व्यपदेशश् च तुल्यवत्
vyapadeśaś ca tulyavat
The line
A designation and, a compound: like, equal, and possessing.
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. saṃsthās (संस्थास्) from 3.6.41 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) + ca (च) + tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a designation |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: like, equal, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) is a designation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it vyapadeśaś (व्यपदेशश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्) is a compound: like, equal, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it vyapadeśaś (व्यपदेशश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) and tulya-vat (तुल्य-वत्).