4.4.19

पितृयज्ञः स्वकालत्वादनङ्गं स्यात्

pitṛyajñaḥ svakālatvād anaṅgaṃ syāt

The line

A compound: pitṛ (पितृ), and a sacrifice, because of a compound: one's own, time, and the state of being that, anaṅga (अनङ्ग), it would be, let it be granted.

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: pitṛ-yajñaḥ (पितृ-यज्ञः) + sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्) + anaṅgaṃ (अनङ्गं) + syāt (स्यात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
pitṛ-yajñaḥ (पितृ-यज्ञः)	nominative singular, masculine	a compound: pitṛ (पितृ), and a sacrifice. Read it from the end
sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्)	ablative singular	a compound: one's own, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end
anaṅgaṃ (अनङ्गं)	accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter	anaṅga (अनङ्ग)
syāt (स्यात्)	optative, third person singular	it would be, let it be granted

The phrases

pitṛ-yajñaḥ (पितृ-यज्ञः) is a compound: pitṛ (पितृ), and a sacrifice. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्) is a compound: one's own, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it svakālatvād (स्वकालत्वाद्).

anaṅgaṃ (अनङ्गं) is anaṅga (अनङ्ग). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.

Sanskrit in this line

sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it svakālatvād (स्वकालत्वाद्).

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss pitṛ-yajñaḥ (पितृ-यज्ञः) and sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्).

4.4.20. A compound: like, equal, and vaca (वच) and, because of prasaṅkhyāna (प्रसङ्ख्यान).