3.8.31
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.31
निर्देशात् तु विकृतावपूर्वस्यानधिकारः
nirdeśāt tu vikṛtāv apūrvasyānadhikāraḥ
The line
Because of a statement of what the rule is but, vikṛtāv (विकृताव्), a compound: the unseen, syāna (स्यान), and dhikāra (धिकार).
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: nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) + tu (तु) + vikṛtāv (विकृताव्) + apūrva-syāna-dhikāraḥ (अपूर्व-स्यान-धिकारः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) | ablative singular | a statement of what the rule is |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vikṛtāv (विकृताव्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| apūrva-syāna-dhikāraḥ (अपूर्व-स्यान-धिकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the unseen, syāna (स्यान), and dhikāra (धिकार). Read it from the end |
The phrases
nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) is a statement of what the rule is. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
vikṛtāv (विकृताव्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. apūrva-syāna-dhikāraḥ (अपूर्व-स्यान-धिकारः) is a compound: the unseen, syāna (स्यान), and dhikāra (धिकार). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
apūrva-syāna-dhikāraḥ (अपूर्व-स्यान-धिकारः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nirdeśāt (निर्देशात्) and vikṛtāv (विकृताव्).