6.4.19

अन्येन वैतच् छास्त्राद् धि कारणप्राप्तिः

anyena vaitac chāstrād dhi kāraṇaprāptiḥ

The line

Others, not that. tat before c, because of chāstra (छास्त्र), in a thought, a compound: a cause, and what already follows.

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: anye (अन्ये) + na (न) + vai (वै) + tac (तच्) + chāstrād (छास्त्राद्) + dhi (धि) + kāraṇa-prāptiḥ (कारण-प्राप्तिः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
anye (अन्ये)	nominative plural	others
na (न)	indeclinable	not
vai (वै)	indeclinable	indeed
tac (तच्)	nominative or accusative singular, neuter	that. tat before c
chāstrād (छास्त्राद्)	ablative singular	chāstra (छास्त्र)
dhi (धि)	locative singular, or nominative singular	a thought
kāraṇa-prāptiḥ (कारण-प्राप्तिः)	nominative singular	a compound: a cause, and what already follows. Read it from the end

The phrases

anye (अन्ये) is others. It stands as nominative plural. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as anyena. vai (वै) is indeed. It stands as indeclinable. tac (तच्) is that. tat before c. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as vaitac.

chāstrād (छास्त्राद्) is chāstra (छास्त्र). It stands as ablative singular. dhi (धि) is a thought. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. kāraṇa-prāptiḥ (कारण-प्राप्तिः) is a compound: a cause, and what already follows. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular.

Sanskrit in this line

kāraṇa-prāptiḥ (कारण-प्राप्तिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as anyena. The line joins them as vaitac.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss anye (अन्ये) and tac (तच्).

6.4.20. If you say that taddhaviḥśabda (तद्धविःशब्द), not, then.