6.8.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.10
पितृयज्ञे संयुक्तस्य पुनर् वचनम्
pitṛyajñe saṃyuktasya punar vacanam
The line
In a compound: pitṛ (पितृ), and a sacrifice, of saṃyukta (संयुक्त), again, a statement.
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: pitṛ-yajñe (पितृ-यज्ञे) + saṃyuktasya (संयुक्तस्य) + punar (पुनर्) + vacanam (वचनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pitṛ-yajñe (पितृ-यज्ञे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: pitṛ (पितृ), and a sacrifice. Read it from the end |
| saṃyuktasya (संयुक्तस्य) | genitive singular | saṃyukta (संयुक्त) |
| punar (पुनर्) | indeclinable | again |
| vacanam (वचनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a statement |
The phrases
pitṛ-yajñe (पितृ-यज्ञे) is a compound: pitṛ (पितृ), and a sacrifice. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. saṃyuktasya (संयुक्तस्य) is saṃyukta (संयुक्त). It stands as genitive singular.
punar (पुनर्) is again. It stands as indeclinable. vacanam (वचनम्) is a statement. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃyuktasya (संयुक्तस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pitṛ-yajñe (पितृ-यज्ञे) and saṃyuktasya (संयुक्तस्य).
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