6.8.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.20
स्थपतीष्टिः प्रयाजवदग्नयाधेयं प्रयोजयेत् तादर्थ्याच् चापवृज्येत
sthapatīṣṭiḥ prayājavad agnayādheyaṃ prayojayet tādarthyāc cāpavṛjyeta
The line
A compound: standing, and patīṣṭa (पतीष्ट), prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्), agnayādheya (अग्नयाधेय), prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्), because of because it is for that, cāpavṛjyeta (चापवृज्येत).
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: stha-patīṣṭiḥ (स्थ-पतीष्टिः) + prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्) + agnayādheyaṃ (अग्नयाधेयं) + prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्) + tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्) + cāpavṛjyeta (चापवृज्येत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| stha-patīṣṭiḥ (स्थ-पतीष्टिः) | nominative singular | a compound: standing, and patīṣṭa (पतीष्ट). Read it from the end |
| prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| agnayādheyaṃ (अग्नयाधेयं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | agnayādheya (अग्नयाधेय) |
| prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्) | ablative singular | because it is for that |
| cāpavṛjyeta (चापवृज्येत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
stha-patīṣṭiḥ (स्थ-पतीष्टिः) is a compound: standing, and patīṣṭa (पतीष्ट). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. agnayādheyaṃ (अग्नयाधेयं) is agnayādheya (अग्नयाधेय). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्) is because it is for that. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tādarthyāc (तादर्थ्याच्). cāpavṛjyeta (चापवृज्येत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
stha-patīṣṭiḥ (स्थ-पतीष्टिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tādarthyāc (तादर्थ्याच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss stha-patīṣṭiḥ (स्थ-पतीष्टिः) and prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्).