3.8.44
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.44
स्यात् प्रकृतिलिङ्गाद् वैराजवत्
syāt prakṛtiliṅgād vairājavat
The line
It would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: nature, what is seen, and a mark, vairājavat (वैराजवत्).
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: syāt (स्यात्) + prakṛti-liṅgāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्गात्) + vairājavat (वैराजवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prakṛti-liṅgāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्गात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, and a mark. Read it from the end |
| vairājavat (वैराजवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. prakṛti-liṅgāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्गात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, and a mark. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakṛtiliṅgād (प्रकृतिलिङ्गाद्).
vairājavat (वैराजवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛti-liṅgāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्गात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it prakṛtiliṅgād (प्रकृतिलिङ्गाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syāt (स्यात्) and prakṛti-liṅgāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्गात्).