4.4.32
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.32
अवशिष्टं तु कारणं प्रधानेषु गुणस्य विद्यमानत्वात्
avaśiṣṭaṃ tu kāraṇaṃ pradhāneṣu guṇasya vidyamānatvāt
The line
avaśiṣṭa (अवशिष्ट) but, a cause, in the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), of a quality, a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāta (त्वात).
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: avaśiṣṭaṃ (अवशिष्टं) + tu (तु) + kāraṇaṃ (कारणं) + pradhāneṣu (प्रधानेषु) + guṇasya (गुणस्य) + vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avaśiṣṭaṃ (अवशिष्टं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | avaśiṣṭa (अवशिष्ट) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| kāraṇaṃ (कारणं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a cause |
| pradhāneṣu (प्रधानेषु) | locative plural | the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य) |
| guṇasya (गुणस्य) | genitive singular | a quality |
| vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
avaśiṣṭaṃ (अवशिष्टं) is avaśiṣṭa (अवशिष्ट). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. kāraṇaṃ (कारणं) is a cause. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
pradhāneṣu (प्रधानेषु) is the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य). It stands as locative plural. guṇasya (गुणस्य) is a quality. It stands as genitive singular. vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात) is a compound: vidya (विद्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
vidya-māna-tvāta (विद्य-मान-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss avaśiṣṭaṃ (अवशिष्टं) and kāraṇaṃ (कारणं).