4.3.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.24
वीते च नियमस् तदर्थम्
vīte ca niyamas tadartham
The line
In vīta (वीत) and, a restriction, that, the thing, for the sake of.
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: vīte (वीते) + ca (च) + niyamaḥ (नियमः) + tad (तद्) + artham (अर्थम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vīte (वीते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vīta (वीत) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| niyamaḥ (नियमः) | nominative singular, masculine | a restriction |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| artham (अर्थम्) | accusative singular | the thing, for the sake of |
The phrases
vīte (वीते) is vīta (वीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. niyamaḥ (नियमः) is a restriction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it niyamas.
tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. artham (अर्थम्) is the thing, for the sake of. It stands as accusative singular. The line joins them as tadartham.
Sanskrit in this line
niyamaḥ (नियमः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it niyamas. The line joins them as tadartham.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vīte (वीते) and niyamaḥ (नियमः).