6.6.35
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.6.35
प्रायश्चित्तमापदि स्यात्
prāyaścittam āpadi syāt
The line
prāyaścitta (प्रायश्चित्त), in āpada (आपद), 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: prāyaścittam (प्रायश्चित्तम्) + āpadi (आपदि) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāyaścittam (प्रायश्चित्तम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | prāyaścitta (प्रायश्चित्त) |
| āpadi (आपदि) | locative singular, or nominative singular | āpada (आपद) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
prāyaścittam (प्रायश्चित्तम्) is prāyaścitta (प्रायश्चित्त). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. āpadi (आपदि) is āpada (आपद). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prāyaścittam (प्रायश्चित्तम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāyaścittam (प्रायश्चित्तम्) and āpadi (आपदि).