5.4.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.4.17
पौर्णमास्यूर्ध्वं सोमाद् ब्राह्मणस्य वचनात्
paurṇamāsy ūrdhvaṃ somād brāhmaṇasya vacanāt
The line
paurṇamāsy (पौर्णमास्य्), upward, because of soma, of a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage, because of because of a statement.
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: paurṇamāsy (पौर्णमास्य्) + ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) + somāt (सोमात्) + brāhmaṇasya (ब्राह्मणस्य) + vacanāt (वचनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| paurṇamāsy (पौर्णमास्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | upward |
| somāt (सोमात्) | ablative singular | soma |
| brāhmaṇasya (ब्राह्मणस्य) | genitive singular | a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage |
| vacanāt (वचनात्) | ablative singular | because of a statement |
The phrases
paurṇamāsy (पौर्णमास्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं) is upward. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. somāt (सोमात्) is soma. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it somād (सोमाद्).
brāhmaṇasya (ब्राह्मणस्य) is a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage. It stands as genitive singular. vacanāt (वचनात्) is because of a statement. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
brāhmaṇasya (ब्राह्मणस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it somād (सोमाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss paurṇamāsy (पौर्णमास्य्) and ūrdhvaṃ (ऊर्ध्वं).