4.4.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.9
नित्यश् च ज्येष्ठशब्दात्
nityaś ca jyeṣṭhaśabdāt
The line
Eternal and, because of a compound: jyeṣṭha (ज्येष्ठ), and a word.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The line is short. dadhigraho (दधिग्रहो) from 4.4.8 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: nityaḥ (नित्यः) + ca (च) + jyeṣṭha-śabdāt (ज्येष्ठ-शब्दात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nityaḥ (नित्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | eternal |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| jyeṣṭha-śabdāt (ज्येष्ठ-शब्दात्) | ablative singular | a compound: jyeṣṭha (ज्येष्ठ), and a word. Read it from the end |
The phrases
nityaḥ (नित्यः) is eternal. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it nityaś (नित्यश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
jyeṣṭha-śabdāt (ज्येष्ठ-शब्दात्) is a compound: jyeṣṭha (ज्येष्ठ), and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
jyeṣṭha-śabdāt (ज्येष्ठ-शब्दात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it nityaś (नित्यश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nityaḥ (नित्यः) and jyeṣṭha-śabdāt (ज्येष्ठ-शब्दात्).