6.2.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.2.21
तस्मिंस् तु शिष्यमाणानि जननेन प्रवर्तेरन्
tasmiṃs tu śiṣyamāṇāni jananena pravarteran
The line
tasmiṃs (तस्मिंस्) but, śiṣyamāṇa (शिष्यमाण), by means of a compound: a person, and not, pravarteran (प्रवर्तेरन्).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. Who may perform. Eligibility, and the way substances are tied to an act. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tasmiṃs (तस्मिंस्) + tu (तु) + śiṣyamāṇāni (शिष्यमाणानि) + jana-nena (जन-नेन) + pravarteran (प्रवर्तेरन्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tasmiṃs (तस्मिंस्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| śiṣyamāṇāni (शिष्यमाणानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | śiṣyamāṇa (शिष्यमाण) |
| jana-nena (जन-नेन) | instrumental singular | a compound: a person, and not. Read it from the end |
| pravarteran (प्रवर्तेरन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
tasmiṃs (तस्मिंस्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. śiṣyamāṇāni (शिष्यमाणानि) is śiṣyamāṇa (शिष्यमाण). It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter.
jana-nena (जन-नेन) is a compound: a person, and not. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular. pravarteran (प्रवर्तेरन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
śiṣyamāṇāni (शिष्यमाणानि) is nominative or accusative plural, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tasmiṃs (तस्मिंस्) and śiṣyamāṇāni (शिष्यमाणानि).