3.7.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.15
सामधेनीस् तदन्वाहुरिति हविर् द्धानयोर् वचनात् सामधेनीनाम्
sāmadhenīs tad anvāhur iti havir ddhānayor vacanāt sāmadhenīnām
The line
sāmadhenīs (सामधेनीस्), that, anvāhur (अन्वाहुर्) thus, havir (हविर्), of a compound: ddhā (द्धा), and a standpoint, because of because of a statement, a compound: sāma (साम), dhenī (धेनी), and by name, indeed.
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: sāmadhenīs (सामधेनीस्) + tad (तद्) + anvāhur (अन्वाहुर्) + iti (इति) + havir (हविर्) + ddhā-nayoḥ (द्धा-नयोः) + vacanāt (वचनात्) + sāma-dhenī-nāma (साम-धेनी-नाम)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sāmadhenīs (सामधेनीस्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| anvāhur (अन्वाहुर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| havir (हविर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ddhā-nayoḥ (द्धा-नयोः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: ddhā (द्धा), and a standpoint. Read it from the end |
| vacanāt (वचनात्) | ablative singular | because of a statement |
| sāma-dhenī-nāma (साम-धेनी-नाम) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: sāma (साम), dhenī (धेनी), and by name, indeed. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sāmadhenīs (सामधेनीस्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. anvāhur (अन्वाहुर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable.
havir (हविर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ddhā-nayoḥ (द्धा-नयोः) is a compound: ddhā (द्धा), and a standpoint. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it ddhānayor (द्धानयोर्). vacanāt (वचनात्) is because of a statement. It stands as ablative singular. sāma-dhenī-nāma (साम-धेनी-नाम) is a compound: sāma (साम), dhenī (धेनी), and by name, indeed. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
sāma-dhenī-nāma (साम-धेनी-नाम) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it ddhānayor (द्धानयोर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sāmadhenīs (सामधेनीस्) and anvāhur (अन्वाहुर्).