6.5.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.5.42
प्रतिषेधाच् चोर्ध्वमवभृथादेष्टे
pratiṣedhāc cordhvam avabhṛthādeṣṭe
The line
Because of a denial, a compound: and, and upward, in avabhṛthādeṣṭa (अवभृथादेष्ट).
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: pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) + ca-ūrdhvam (च-ऊर्ध्वम्) + avabhṛthādeṣṭe (अवभृथादेष्टे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) | ablative singular | a denial |
| ca-ūrdhvam (च-ऊर्ध्वम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: and, and upward. Read it from the end |
| avabhṛthādeṣṭe (अवभृथादेष्टे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | avabhṛthādeṣṭa (अवभृथादेष्ट) |
The phrases
pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) is a denial. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pratiṣedhāc (प्रतिषेधाच्). ca-ūrdhvam (च-ऊर्ध्वम्) is a compound: and, and upward. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
avabhṛthādeṣṭe (अवभृथादेष्टे) is avabhṛthādeṣṭa (अवभृथादेष्ट). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
avabhṛthādeṣṭe (अवभृथादेष्टे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pratiṣedhāc (प्रतिषेधाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratiṣedhāt (प्रतिषेधात्) and ca-ūrdhvam (च-ऊर्ध्वम्).