4.2.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.9
श्रुत्यपायाच् च
śrutyapāyāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: scripture, and settling on and.
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. śākhāyāṃ (शाखायां) from 4.2.8 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śruti-apāyāt (श्रुति-अपायात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śruti-apāyāt (श्रुति-अपायात्) | ablative singular | a compound: scripture, and settling on. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
śruti-apāyāt (श्रुति-अपायात्) is a compound: scripture, and settling on. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it śrutyapāyāc (श्रुत्यपायाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
śruti-apāyāt (श्रुति-अपायात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it śrutyapāyāc (श्रुत्यपायाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śruti-apāyāt (श्रुति-अपायात्).