5.2.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.22
प्रकृताच् च पुरस्ताद् यत्
prakṛtāc ca purastād yat
The line
Because of nature, what is seen and, because of purasta (पुरस्त), which.
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 line is short. kṛta-deśāt (कृत-देशात्) from 5.2.21 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prakṛtāt (प्रकृतात्) + ca (च) + purastād (पुरस्ताद्) + yat (यत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakṛtāt (प्रकृतात्) | ablative singular | nature, what is seen |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| purastād (पुरस्ताद्) | ablative singular | purasta (पुरस्त) |
| yat (यत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | which |
The phrases
prakṛtāt (प्रकृतात्) is nature, what is seen. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakṛtāc (प्रकृताच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
purastād (पुरस्ताद्) is purasta (पुरस्त). It stands as ablative singular. yat (यत्) is which. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛtāt (प्रकृतात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it prakṛtāc (प्रकृताच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakṛtāt (प्रकृतात्) and purastād (पुरस्ताद्).