3.8.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.9
तपश् च फलसिद्धित्वाल् लोकवत्
tapaś ca phalasiddhitvāl lokavat
The line
tapaś (तपश्) and, a compound: a fruit, establishment, and tvāla (त्वाल), as in the world.
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: tapaś (तपश्) + ca (च) + phala-siddhi-tvāla (फल-सिद्धि-त्वाल) + lokavat (लोकवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tapaś (तपश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| phala-siddhi-tvāla (फल-सिद्धि-त्वाल) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a fruit, establishment, and tvāla (त्वाल). Read it from the end |
| lokavat (लोकवत्) | indeclinable | as in the world |
The phrases
tapaś (तपश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
phala-siddhi-tvāla (फल-सिद्धि-त्वाल) is a compound: a fruit, establishment, and tvāla (त्वाल). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. lokavat (लोकवत्) is as in the world. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
phala-siddhi-tvāla (फल-सिद्धि-त्वाल) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tapaś (तपश्) and phala-siddhi-tvāla (फल-सिद्धि-त्वाल).
Next
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