5.3.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.4
समिध्यमानवतीं समिद्धवतीं चान्तरेण धाय्याः स्युर् द्यावापृथिञ्योरन्तरालं समर्हणात्
samidhyamānavatīṃ samiddhavatīṃ cāntareṇa dhāyyāḥ syur dyāvāpṛthiñyorantarālaṃ samarhaṇāt
The line
A compound: sami (समि), dhya (ध्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and vatīṃa (वतींअ), samiddhavatīṃ (समिद्धवतीं), by means of a compound: and, and a difference, an interval, dhāyya (धाय्य), they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound, dyāvāpṛthiñyorantarāla (द्यावापृथिञ्योरन्तराल), because of a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and rhaṇa (र्हण).
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: sami-dhya-māna-vatīṃa (समि-ध्य-मान-वतींअ) + samiddhavatīṃ (समिद्धवतीं) + ca-antareṇa (च-अन्तरेण) + dhāyyāḥ (धाय्याः) + syur (स्युर्) + dyāvāpṛthiñyorantarālaṃ (द्यावापृथिञ्योरन्तरालं) + sama-rhaṇāt (सम-र्हणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sami-dhya-māna-vatīṃa (समि-ध्य-मान-वतींअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: sami (समि), dhya (ध्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and vatīṃa (वतींअ). Read it from the end |
| samiddhavatīṃ (समिद्धवतीं) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca-antareṇa (च-अन्तरेण) | instrumental singular | a compound: and, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| dhāyyāḥ (धाय्याः) | nominative plural | dhāyya (धाय्य) |
| syur (स्युर्) | optative, third person plural | they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound |
| dyāvāpṛthiñyorantarālaṃ (द्यावापृथिञ्योरन्तरालं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | dyāvāpṛthiñyorantarāla (द्यावापृथिञ्योरन्तराल) |
| sama-rhaṇāt (सम-र्हणात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and rhaṇa (र्हण). Read it from the end |
The phrases
sami-dhya-māna-vatīṃa (समि-ध्य-मान-वतींअ) is a compound: sami (समि), dhya (ध्य), a measure, a means of knowing, and vatīṃa (वतींअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. samiddhavatīṃ (समिद्धवतीं) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca-antareṇa (च-अन्तरेण) is a compound: and, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular. dhāyyāḥ (धाय्याः) is dhāyya (धाय्य). It stands as nominative plural.
syur (स्युर्) is they would be. syuḥ (स्युः) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person plural. dyāvāpṛthiñyorantarālaṃ (द्यावापृथिञ्योरन्तरालं) is dyāvāpṛthiñyorantarāla (द्यावापृथिञ्योरन्तराल). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. sama-rhaṇāt (सम-र्हणात्) is a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and rhaṇa (र्हण). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dyāvāpṛthiñyorantarālaṃ (द्यावापृथिञ्योरन्तरालं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sami-dhya-māna-vatīṃa (समि-ध्य-मान-वतींअ) and samiddhavatīṃ (समिद्धवतीं).