6.7.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.7.20
अनुग्रहाच् च पादवत्
anugrahāc ca pādavat
The line
Because of anugraha (अनुग्रह) and, a compound: a quarter, a part, and possessing.
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. adhikaṃ (अधिकं) from 6.7.19 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: anugrahāc (अनुग्रहाच्) + ca (च) + pāda-vat (पाद-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anugrahāc (अनुग्रहाच्) | ablative singular | anugraha (अनुग्रह) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| pāda-vat (पाद-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a quarter, a part, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
anugrahāc (अनुग्रहाच्) is anugraha (अनुग्रह). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
pāda-vat (पाद-वत्) is a compound: a quarter, a part, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
anugrahāc (अनुग्रहाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anugrahāc (अनुग्रहाच्) and pāda-vat (पाद-वत्).