4.2.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.3
तदेकदेशो वा स्वरुत्वस्य तन्निमित्तत्वात्
tadekadeśo vā svarutvasya tannimittatvāt
The line
A compound: tadeka (तदेक), and a place or, of svarutva (स्वरुत्व), because of a compound: that, the efficient ground, 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: tadeka-deśaḥ (तदेक-देशः) + vā (वा) + svarutvasya (स्वरुत्वस्य) + tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadeka-deśaḥ (तदेक-देशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: tadeka (तदेक), and a place. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| svarutvasya (स्वरुत्वस्य) | genitive singular | svarutva (स्वरुत्व) |
| tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tadeka-deśaḥ (तदेक-देशः) is a compound: tadeka (तदेक), and a place. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it tadekadeśo (तदेकदेशो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
svarutvasya (स्वरुत्वस्य) is svarutva (स्वरुत्व). It stands as genitive singular. tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tadekadeśo (तदेकदेशो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadeka-deśaḥ (तदेक-देशः) and svarutvasya (स्वरुत्वस्य).