4.2.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.2
जात्यन्तराच् च शङ्कते
jātyantarāc ca śaṅkate
The line
Because of a compound: a futile rejoinder, and a difference, an interval and, in śaṅkata (शङ्कत).
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. svarus (स्वरु) from 4.2.1 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: jāti-antarāt (जाति-अन्तरात्) + ca (च) + śaṅkate (शङ्कते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jāti-antarāt (जाति-अन्तरात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a futile rejoinder, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| śaṅkate (शङ्कते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | śaṅkata (शङ्कत) |
The phrases
jāti-antarāt (जाति-अन्तरात्) is a compound: a futile rejoinder, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it jātyantarāc (जात्यन्तराच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
śaṅkate (शङ्कते) is śaṅkata (शङ्कत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
jāti-antarāt (जाति-अन्तरात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it jātyantarāc (जात्यन्तराच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jāti-antarāt (जाति-अन्तरात्) and śaṅkate (शङ्कते).