6.3.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.3.19
देवतायां च तदर्थत्वात्
devatāyāṃ ca tadarthatvāt
The line
A compound: a deity, and yāṃa (यांअ) and, because of because it is for the sake of that.
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 line is short. devatā-agni-śabda-kriya-manyā-rtha-saṃyogāt (देवता-अग्नि-शब्द-क्रिय-मन्या-र्थ-संयोगात्) from 6.3.18 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: devatā-yāṃa (देवता-यांअ) + ca (च) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| devatā-yāṃa (देवता-यांअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a deity, and yāṃa (यांअ). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
devatā-yāṃa (देवता-यांअ) is a compound: a deity, and yāṃa (यांअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss devatā-yāṃa (देवता-यांअ) and tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्).