4.1.34
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.34
न वा पात्रत्वादपात्रत्वं त्वेकदेशत्वात्
na vā pātratvād apātratvaṃ tv ekadeśatvāt
The line
Not or, because of pātratva (पात्रत्व), apātratva (अपात्रत्व), the state of being that, because of a compound: one part, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + vā (वा) + pātratvād (पात्रत्वाद्) + apātratvaṃ (अपात्रत्वं) + tva (त्व) + ekadeśa-tvāt (एकदेश-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pātratvād (पात्रत्वाद्) | ablative singular | pātratva (पात्रत्व) |
| apātratvaṃ (अपात्रत्वं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | apātratva (अपात्रत्व) |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| ekadeśa-tvāt (एकदेश-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one part, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. pātratvād (पात्रत्वाद्) is pātratva (पात्रत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
apātratvaṃ (अपात्रत्वं) is apātratva (अपात्रत्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. ekadeśa-tvāt (एकदेश-त्वात्) is a compound: one part, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
ekadeśa-tvāt (एकदेश-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pātratvād (पात्रत्वाद्) and apātratvaṃ (अपात्रत्वं).