3.7.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.18
शास्त्रफलं प्रयोक्तरि तल्लक्षणत्वात् तस्मात् स्वयं प्रयोगे स्यात्
śāstraphalaṃ prayoktari tallakṣaṇatvāt tasmāt svayaṃ prayoge syāt
The line
A compound: a teaching, a treatise, and a fruit, in prayoktara (प्रयोक्तर), because of a compound: that, a mark, and the state of being that, because of from that, by itself, oneself, in in use, in the performance, it would be, let it be granted.
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: śāstra-phalaṃ (शास्त्र-फलं) + prayoktari (प्रयोक्तरि) + tat-lakṣaṇa-tvāt (तत्-लक्षण-त्वात्) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + svayaṃ (स्वयं) + prayoge (प्रयोगे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śāstra-phalaṃ (शास्त्र-फलं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: a teaching, a treatise, and a fruit. Read it from the end |
| prayoktari (प्रयोक्तरि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | prayoktara (प्रयोक्तर) |
| tat-lakṣaṇa-tvāt (तत्-लक्षण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, a mark, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| svayaṃ (स्वयं) | indeclinable | by itself, oneself |
| prayoge (प्रयोगे) | locative singular | in use, in the performance |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
śāstra-phalaṃ (शास्त्र-फलं) is a compound: a teaching, a treatise, and a fruit. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. prayoktari (प्रयोक्तरि) is prayoktara (प्रयोक्तर). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. tat-lakṣaṇa-tvāt (तत्-लक्षण-त्वात्) is a compound: that, a mark, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular.
svayaṃ (स्वयं) is by itself, oneself. It stands as indeclinable. prayoge (प्रयोगे) is in use, in the performance. It stands as locative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-lakṣaṇa-tvāt (तत्-लक्षण-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śāstra-phalaṃ (शास्त्र-फलं) and prayoktari (प्रयोक्तरि).