6.4.28
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.28
पञ्चशरावस् तु द्रव्यश्रुतेः प्रतिनिधिः स्यात्
pañcaśarāvas tu dravyaśruteḥ pratinidhiḥ syāt
The line
pañcaśarāvas (पञ्चशराव) but, of a compound: a substance, and heard, a compound: toward, against, and nidha (निध), it would be, let it be granted.
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: pañcaśarāvas (पञ्चशराव) + tu (तु) + dravya-śruteḥ (द्रव्य-श्रुतेः) + prati-nidhiḥ (प्रति-निधिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pañcaśarāvas (पञ्चशराव) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| dravya-śruteḥ (द्रव्य-श्रुतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: a substance, and heard. Read it from the end |
| prati-nidhiḥ (प्रति-निधिः) | nominative singular | a compound: toward, against, and nidha (निध). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
pañcaśarāvas (पञ्चशराव) 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. dravya-śruteḥ (द्रव्य-श्रुतेः) is a compound: a substance, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
prati-nidhiḥ (प्रति-निधिः) is a compound: toward, against, and nidha (निध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dravya-śruteḥ (द्रव्य-श्रुतेः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pañcaśarāvas (पञ्चशराव) and dravya-śruteḥ (द्रव्य-श्रुतेः).
Next
6.4.29. A Vedic command or, a compound: a substance, a deity, and vidha (विध), in avācya (अवाच्य).