3.8.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.3
संस्कारास् तु पुरुषसामर्थ्ये यथावेदं कर्मवद्व्यवतिष्ठेरन्
saṃskārās tu puruṣasāmarthye yathāvedaṃ karmavadvyavatiṣṭheran
The line
A compounded thing but, in a compound: the person, and capacity, a compound: as, and the Veda, a compound: action, vadvya (वद्व्य), vati (वति), ṣṭhe (ष्ठे), and rana (रन).
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: saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) + tu (तु) + puruṣa-sāmarthye (पुरुष-सामर्थ्ये) + yathā-vedaṃ (यथा-वेदं) + karma-vadvya-vati-ṣṭhe-rana (कर्म-वद्व्य-वति-ष्ठे-रन)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) | nominative plural | a compounded thing |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| puruṣa-sāmarthye (पुरुष-सामर्थ्ये) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: the person, and capacity. Read it from the end |
| yathā-vedaṃ (यथा-वेदं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: as, and the Veda. Read it from the end |
| karma-vadvya-vati-ṣṭhe-rana (कर्म-वद्व्य-वति-ष्ठे-रन) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: action, vadvya (वद्व्य), vati (वति), ṣṭhe (ष्ठे), and rana (रन). Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) is a compounded thing. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it saṃskārās (संस्कारास्). tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. puruṣa-sāmarthye (पुरुष-सामर्थ्ये) is a compound: the person, and capacity. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
yathā-vedaṃ (यथा-वेदं) is a compound: as, and the Veda. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. karma-vadvya-vati-ṣṭhe-rana (कर्म-वद्व्य-वति-ष्ठे-रन) is a compound: action, vadvya (वद्व्य), vati (वति), ṣṭhe (ष्ठे), and rana (रन). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-vadvya-vati-ṣṭhe-rana (कर्म-वद्व्य-वति-ष्ठे-रन) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it saṃskārās (संस्कारास्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskārāḥ (संस्काराः) and puruṣa-sāmarthye (पुरुष-सामर्थ्ये).