3.7.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.11
दीक्षादक्षिणं तु वचनात् प्रधानस्य
dīkṣādakṣiṇaṃ tu vacanāt pradhānasya
The line
dīkṣādakṣiṇa (दीक्षादक्षिण) but, because of because of a statement, of the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य).
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: dīkṣādakṣiṇaṃ (दीक्षादक्षिणं) + tu (तु) + vacanāt (वचनात्) + pradhānasya (प्रधानस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dīkṣādakṣiṇaṃ (दीक्षादक्षिणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | dīkṣādakṣiṇa (दीक्षादक्षिण) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vacanāt (वचनात्) | ablative singular | because of a statement |
| pradhānasya (प्रधानस्य) | genitive singular | the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य) |
The phrases
dīkṣādakṣiṇaṃ (दीक्षादक्षिणं) is dīkṣādakṣiṇa (दीक्षादक्षिण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
vacanāt (वचनात्) is because of a statement. It stands as ablative singular. pradhānasya (प्रधानस्य) is the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य). It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dīkṣādakṣiṇaṃ (दीक्षादक्षिणं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dīkṣādakṣiṇaṃ (दीक्षादक्षिणं) and vacanāt (वचनात्).
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