3.8.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.4
याजमानास् तु तत्प्रधानत्वात् कर्मवत्
yājamānās tu tatpradhānatvāt karmavat
The line
A compound: yāja (याज), and a measure, a means of knowing but, because of because that is its main thing, an action, like.
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: yāja-mānāḥ (याज-मानाः) + tu (तु) + tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) + karma (कर्म) + vat (वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yāja-mānāḥ (याज-मानाः) | nominative plural | a compound: yāja (याज), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) | ablative singular | because that is its main thing |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| vat (वत्) | indeclinable | like |
The phrases
yāja-mānāḥ (याज-मानाः) is a compound: yāja (याज), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it yājamānās (याजमानास्). tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is because that is its main thing. It stands as ablative singular.
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vat (वत्) is like. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as karmavat.
Sanskrit in this line
tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it yājamānās (याजमानास्). The line joins them as karmavat.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yāja-mānāḥ (याज-मानाः) and tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्).