6.7.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.7.6
शूद्रश् च धर्मशास्त्रत्वात्
śūdraś ca dharmaśāstratvāt
The line
śūdraś (शूद्रश्) and, because of a compound: dharma, a property, a teaching, a treatise, and the state of being that.
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. nitya-tvāt (नित्य-त्वात्) from 6.7.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: śūdraś (शूद्रश्) + ca (च) + dharma-śāstra-tvāt (धर्म-शास्त्र-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śūdraś (शूद्रश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| dharma-śāstra-tvāt (धर्म-शास्त्र-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: dharma, a property, a teaching, a treatise, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
śūdraś (शूद्रश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
dharma-śāstra-tvāt (धर्म-शास्त्र-त्वात्) is a compound: dharma, a property, a teaching, a treatise, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dharma-śāstra-tvāt (धर्म-शास्त्र-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śūdraś (शूद्रश्) and dharma-śāstra-tvāt (धर्म-शास्त्र-त्वात्).