3.8.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.16
विप्रयोगे च दर्शनात्
viprayoge ca darśanāt
The line
In a compound: vipra (विप्र), and a joining and, because of from seeing, because one sees.
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 line is short. mantrāḥ (मन्त्राः) from 3.8.15 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vipra-yoge (विप्र-योगे) + ca (च) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vipra-yoge (विप्र-योगे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: vipra (विप्र), and a joining. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
The phrases
vipra-yoge (विप्र-योगे) is a compound: vipra (विप्र), and a joining. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vipra-yoge (विप्र-योगे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vipra-yoge (विप्र-योगे) and darśanāt (दर्शनात्).