3.7.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.37
उक्त्वा च यजमानत्वं तेषां दीक्षाबिधानात्
uktvā ca yajamānatvaṃ teṣāṃ dīkṣābidhānāt
The line
uktva (उक्त्व) and, a compound: the patron of the rite, and the state of being that, of of them, because of dīkṣābidhāna (दीक्षाबिधान).
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: uktvā (उक्त्वा) + ca (च) + yajamāna-tvaṃ (यजमान-त्वं) + teṣāṃ (तेषां) + dīkṣābidhānāt (दीक्षाबिधानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| uktvā (उक्त्वा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | uktva (उक्त्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| yajamāna-tvaṃ (यजमान-त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: the patron of the rite, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| teṣāṃ (तेषां) | genitive plural | of them |
| dīkṣābidhānāt (दीक्षाबिधानात्) | ablative singular | dīkṣābidhāna (दीक्षाबिधान) |
The phrases
uktvā (उक्त्वा) is uktva (उक्त्व). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. yajamāna-tvaṃ (यजमान-त्वं) is a compound: the patron of the rite, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
teṣāṃ (तेषां) is of them. It stands as genitive plural. dīkṣābidhānāt (दीक्षाबिधानात्) is dīkṣābidhāna (दीक्षाबिधान). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
yajamāna-tvaṃ (यजमान-त्वं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss uktvā (उक्त्वा) and yajamāna-tvaṃ (यजमान-त्वं).
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