3.7.49
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.49
अशक्तौ ते प्रतीयेरन्
aśaktau te pratīyeran
The line
aśakta (अशक्त), they, those, pratīyeran (प्रतीयेरन्).
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: aśaktau (अशक्तौ) + te (ते) + pratīyeran (प्रतीयेरन्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aśaktau (अशक्तौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | aśakta (अशक्त) |
| te (ते) | nominative plural, masculine | they, those |
| pratīyeran (प्रतीयेरन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
aśaktau (अशक्तौ) is aśakta (अशक्त). It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. te (ते) is they, those. It stands as nominative plural, masculine.
pratīyeran (प्रतीयेरन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
pratīyeran (प्रतीयेरन्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aśaktau (अशक्तौ) and te (ते).