5.3.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.3
स्वस्थानात् तु विवृध्येरन् कृतानुपूर्व्यत्वात्
svasthānāt tu vivṛdhyeran kṛtānupūrvyatvāt
The line
Because of a compound: one's own, and the place, the order but, vivṛdhyeran (विवृध्येरन्), because of kṛtānupūrvyatva (कृतानुपूर्व्यत्व).
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: sva-sthānāt (स्व-स्थानात्) + tu (तु) + vivṛdhyeran (विवृध्येरन्) + kṛtānupūrvyatvāt (कृतानुपूर्व्यत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sva-sthānāt (स्व-स्थानात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one's own, and the place, the order. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vivṛdhyeran (विवृध्येरन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| kṛtānupūrvyatvāt (कृतानुपूर्व्यत्वात्) | ablative singular | kṛtānupūrvyatva (कृतानुपूर्व्यत्व) |
The phrases
sva-sthānāt (स्व-स्थानात्) is a compound: one's own, and the place, the order. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
vivṛdhyeran (विवृध्येरन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. kṛtānupūrvyatvāt (कृतानुपूर्व्यत्वात्) is kṛtānupūrvyatva (कृतानुपूर्व्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kṛtānupūrvyatvāt (कृतानुपूर्व्यत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sva-sthānāt (स्व-स्थानात्) and vivṛdhyeran (विवृध्येरन्).