5.2.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.10
पशुगणे तस्यतस्यापवर्जयेत् पश्वैकत्वात्
paśugaṇe tasyatasyāpavarjayet paśvaikatvāt
The line
In a compound: an animal offering, and gaṇa (गण), tasyatasyāpavarjayet (तस्यतस्यापवर्जयेत्), because of a compound: an animal offering, and aikatva (ऐकत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Order. Sequence is fixed by the order of the words, and by other rules when the words do not decide. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: paśu-gaṇe (पशु-गणे) + tasyatasyāpavarjayet (तस्यतस्यापवर्जयेत्) + paśu-aikatvāt (पशु-ऐकत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paśu-gaṇe (पशु-गणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: an animal offering, and gaṇa (गण). Read it from the end |
| tasyatasyāpavarjayet (तस्यतस्यापवर्जयेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| paśu-aikatvāt (पशु-ऐकत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an animal offering, and aikatva (ऐकत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
paśu-gaṇe (पशु-गणे) is a compound: an animal offering, and gaṇa (गण). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tasyatasyāpavarjayet (तस्यतस्यापवर्जयेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
paśu-aikatvāt (पशु-ऐकत्वात्) is a compound: an animal offering, and aikatva (ऐकत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tasyatasyāpavarjayet (तस्यतस्यापवर्जयेत्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paśu-gaṇe (पशु-गणे) and tasyatasyāpavarjayet (तस्यतस्यापवर्जयेत्).
Next
5.2.11. daivatair (दैवतैर्), because of vaikakarmya (वैककर्म्य).