3.7.45
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.45
प्रातरनुवाके च होतृदर्शनात्
prātar anuvāke ca hotṛdarśanāt
The line
prātar (प्रातर्), in anuvāka (अनुवाक) and, because of a compound: the hotṛ (होतृ) priest, and seeing.
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: prātar (प्रातर्) + anuvāke (अनुवाके) + ca (च) + hotṛ-darśanāt (होतृ-दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prātar (प्रातर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| anuvāke (अनुवाके) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | anuvāka (अनुवाक) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| hotṛ-darśanāt (होतृ-दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the hotṛ (होतृ) priest, and seeing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
prātar (प्रातर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. anuvāke (अनुवाके) is anuvāka (अनुवाक). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. hotṛ-darśanāt (होतृ-दर्शनात्) is a compound: the hotṛ (होतृ) priest, and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
hotṛ-darśanāt (होतृ-दर्शनात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prātar (प्रातर्) and anuvāke (अनुवाके).
Next
3.7.46. camasāṃścamasādhvaryava (चमसांश्चमसाध्वर्यव), because of sāmākhyāna (सामाख्यान).