4.1.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.1
अथातः क्रत्वर्थपुरुषार्थयोर् जिज्ञासा
athātaḥ kratvarthapuruṣārthayor jijñāsā
The line
Now, and then, therefore, from this, of a compound: a rite, a thing, a meaning, the person, and a thing, a meaning, jijñāsa (जिज्ञास).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The line is short. syāt (स्यात्) from 3.8.44 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: atha (अथ) + ataḥ (अतः) + kratu-artha-puruṣa-arthayoḥ (क्रतु-अर्थ-पुरुष-अर्थयोः) + jijñāsā (जिज्ञासा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| atha (अथ) | indeclinable | now, and then |
| ataḥ (अतः) | indeclinable | therefore, from this |
| kratu-artha-puruṣa-arthayoḥ (क्रतु-अर्थ-पुरुष-अर्थयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a compound: a rite, a thing, a meaning, the person, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| jijñāsā (जिज्ञासा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | jijñāsa (जिज्ञास) |
The phrases
atha (अथ) is now, and then. It stands as indeclinable. ataḥ (अतः) is therefore, from this. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as athātaḥ (अथातः).
kratu-artha-puruṣa-arthayoḥ (क्रतु-अर्थ-पुरुष-अर्थयोः) is a compound: a rite, a thing, a meaning, the person, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line writes it kratvarthapuruṣārthayor (क्रत्वर्थपुरुषार्थयोर्). jijñāsā (जिज्ञासा) is jijñāsa (जिज्ञास). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kratu-artha-puruṣa-arthayoḥ (क्रतु-अर्थ-पुरुष-अर्थयोः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as athātaḥ (अथातः). The line writes it kratvarthapuruṣārthayor (क्रत्वर्थपुरुषार्थयोर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kratu-artha-puruṣa-arthayoḥ (क्रतु-अर्थ-पुरुष-अर्थयोः) and jijñāsā (जिज्ञासा).