4.4.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.30
अपि वाङ्गानि कानि चिद्येश्वङ्गत्वेन संस्तुतिः सामान्यो ह्यभिसंस्तवः
api vāṅgāni kāni cidyeśvaṅgatvena saṃstutiḥ sāmānyo hy abhisaṃstavaḥ
The line
Even, a compound: or, and a limb, a subsidiary part, in kāna (कान), by means of cidyeśvaṅgatva (चिद्येश्वङ्गत्व), saṃstuta (संस्तुत), a common case. abhisaṃstava (अभिसंस्तव).
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: api (अपि) + vā-aṅgāni (वा-अङ्गानि) + kāni (कानि) + cidyeśvaṅgatvena (चिद्येश्वङ्गत्वेन) + saṃstutiḥ (संस्तुतिः) + sāmānyaḥ (सामान्यः) + hy (ह्य्) + abhisaṃstavaḥ (अभिसंस्तवः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā-aṅgāni (वा-अङ्गानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | a compound: or, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end |
| kāni (कानि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | kāna (कान) |
| cidyeśvaṅgatvena (चिद्येश्वङ्गत्वेन) | instrumental singular | cidyeśvaṅgatva (चिद्येश्वङ्गत्व) |
| saṃstutiḥ (संस्तुतिः) | nominative singular | saṃstuta (संस्तुत) |
| sāmānyaḥ (सामान्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | a common case |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for, indeed. hi before a vowel |
| abhisaṃstavaḥ (अभिसंस्तवः) | nominative singular, masculine | abhisaṃstava (अभिसंस्तव) |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā-aṅgāni (वा-अङ्गानि) is a compound: or, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. kāni (कानि) is kāna (कान). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. cidyeśvaṅgatvena (चिद्येश्वङ्गत्वेन) is cidyeśvaṅgatva (चिद्येश्वङ्गत्व). It stands as instrumental singular.
saṃstutiḥ (संस्तुतिः) is saṃstuta (संस्तुत). It stands as nominative singular. sāmānyaḥ (सामान्यः) is a common case. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it sāmānyo (सामान्यो). hy (ह्य्) is for, indeed. hi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. abhisaṃstavaḥ (अभिसंस्तवः) is abhisaṃstava (अभिसंस्तव). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
cidyeśvaṅgatvena (चिद्येश्वङ्गत्वेन) is instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it sāmānyo (सामान्यो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vā-aṅgāni (वा-अङ्गानि) and kāni (कानि).