4.4.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.22
पश्वङ्ग रशमा स्यात् तदागमे विधानात्
paśvaṅga raśamā syāt tadāgame vidhānāt
The line
A compound: an animal offering, and a limb, a subsidiary part, raśama (रशम), it would be, let it be granted, in tadāgama (तदागम), because of because of the rule.
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: paśu-aṅga (पशु-अङ्ग) + raśamā (रशमा) + syāt (स्यात्) + tadāgame (तदागमे) + vidhānāt (विधानात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paśu-aṅga (पशु-अङ्ग) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an animal offering, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end |
| raśamā (रशमा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | raśama (रशम) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tadāgame (तदागमे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | tadāgama (तदागम) |
| vidhānāt (विधानात्) | ablative singular | because of the rule |
The phrases
paśu-aṅga (पशु-अङ्ग) is a compound: an animal offering, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. raśamā (रशमा) is raśama (रशम). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
tadāgame (तदागमे) is tadāgama (तदागम). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vidhānāt (विधानात्) is because of the rule. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
paśu-aṅga (पशु-अङ्ग) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paśu-aṅga (पशु-अङ्ग) and raśamā (रशमा).
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4.4.23. yūpāṅga (यूपाङ्ग) or, because of a compound: that, and a compounded thing.