4.2.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.16
प्रासनवन् मैत्रावरुणस्य दण्डप्रदानं कृतार्थत्वात्
prāsanavan maitrāvaruṇasya daṇḍapradānaṃ kṛtārthatvāt
The line
A compound: prāsana (प्रासन), and a forest, of maitrāvaruṇa (मैत्रावरुण), daṇḍapradāna (दण्डप्रदान), because of a compound: made, done, a thing, a meaning, 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: prāsana-vana (प्रासन-वन) + maitrāvaruṇasya (मैत्रावरुणस्य) + daṇḍapradānaṃ (दण्डप्रदानं) + kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāsana-vana (प्रासन-वन) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: prāsana (प्रासन), and a forest. Read it from the end |
| maitrāvaruṇasya (मैत्रावरुणस्य) | genitive singular | maitrāvaruṇa (मैत्रावरुण) |
| daṇḍapradānaṃ (दण्डप्रदानं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | daṇḍapradāna (दण्डप्रदान) |
| kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: made, done, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
prāsana-vana (प्रासन-वन) is a compound: prāsana (प्रासन), and a forest. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. maitrāvaruṇasya (मैत्रावरुणस्य) is maitrāvaruṇa (मैत्रावरुण). It stands as genitive singular.
daṇḍapradānaṃ (दण्डप्रदानं) is daṇḍapradāna (दण्डप्रदान). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: made, done, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
maitrāvaruṇasya (मैत्रावरुणस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāsana-vana (प्रासन-वन) and maitrāvaruṇasya (मैत्रावरुणस्य).