5.4.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.4.21
न मिश्रदेवतत्वादैन्द्राग्नवत्
na miśradevatatvād aindrāgnavat
The line
Not because of a compound: mixed, deva (देव), and tatva (तत्व), aindrāgnavat (ऐन्द्राग्नवत्).
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. ājya-mapīti (आज्य-मपीति) from 5.4.20 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + miśra-deva-tatvāt (मिश्र-देव-तत्वात्) + aindrāgnavat (ऐन्द्राग्नवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| miśra-deva-tatvāt (मिश्र-देव-तत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: mixed, deva (देव), and tatva (तत्व). Read it from the end |
| aindrāgnavat (ऐन्द्राग्नवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. miśra-deva-tatvāt (मिश्र-देव-तत्वात्) is a compound: mixed, deva (देव), and tatva (तत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it miśradevatatvād (मिश्रदेवतत्वाद्).
aindrāgnavat (ऐन्द्राग्नवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
miśra-deva-tatvāt (मिश्र-देव-तत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it miśradevatatvād (मिश्रदेवतत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss miśra-deva-tatvāt (मिश्र-देव-तत्वात्) and aindrāgnavat (ऐन्द्राग्नवत्).