3.8.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.23
अध्वर्युस् तु दर्शनात्
adhvaryus tu darśanāt
The line
The adhvaryu priest but, 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. praiṣeṇu (प्रैषेणु) from 3.8.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: adhvaryuḥ (अध्वर्युः) + tu (तु) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adhvaryuḥ (अध्वर्युः) | nominative singular | the adhvaryu priest |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
The phrases
adhvaryuḥ (अध्वर्युः) is the adhvaryu priest. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it adhvaryus. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
adhvaryuḥ (अध्वर्युः) is nominative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it adhvaryus.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adhvaryuḥ (अध्वर्युः) and darśanāt (दर्शनात्).
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