6.8.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.25
इतरेषु तु पित्र्याणि
itareṣu tu pitryāṇi
The line
In the other but, pitrya (पित्र्य).
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. ahani (अहनि) from 6.8.24 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: itareṣu (इतरेषु) + tu (तु) + pitryāṇi (पित्र्याणि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| itareṣu (इतरेषु) | locative plural | the other |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| pitryāṇi (पित्र्याणि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | pitrya (पित्र्य) |
The phrases
itareṣu (इतरेषु) is the other. It stands as locative plural. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
pitryāṇi (पित्र्याणि) is pitrya (पित्र्य). It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
pitryāṇi (पित्र्याणि) is nominative or accusative plural, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss itareṣu (इतरेषु) and pitryāṇi (पित्र्याणि).