3.8.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.15
मन्त्राश् चाकर्मकरणास् तद्वत्
mantrāś cākarmakaraṇās tadvat
The line
A mantra, cākarmakaraṇās (चाकर्मकरणास्), like that.
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: mantrāḥ (मन्त्राः) + cākarmakaraṇās (चाकर्मकरणास्) + tadvat (तद्वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mantrāḥ (मन्त्राः) | nominative plural | a mantra |
| cākarmakaraṇās (चाकर्मकरणास्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tadvat (तद्वत्) | indeclinable | like that |
The phrases
mantrāḥ (मन्त्राः) is a mantra. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it mantrāś (मन्त्राश्). cākarmakaraṇās (चाकर्मकरणास्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tadvat (तद्वत्) is like that. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
cākarmakaraṇās (चाकर्मकरणास्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it mantrāś (मन्त्राश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mantrāḥ (मन्त्राः) and cākarmakaraṇās (चाकर्मकरणास्).
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