6.8.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.26
याच्ञाक्रयणमविद्यमाने लोकवत्
yācñākrayaṇam avidyamāne lokavat
The line
yācñākrayaṇa (याच्ञाक्रयण), in a compound: avidya (अविद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing, as in the world.
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: yācñākrayaṇam (याच्ञाक्रयणम्) + avidya-māne (अविद्य-माने) + lokavat (लोकवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yācñākrayaṇam (याच्ञाक्रयणम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | yācñākrayaṇa (याच्ञाक्रयण) |
| avidya-māne (अविद्य-माने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: avidya (अविद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| lokavat (लोकवत्) | indeclinable | as in the world |
The phrases
yācñākrayaṇam (याच्ञाक्रयणम्) is yācñākrayaṇa (याच्ञाक्रयण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. avidya-māne (अविद्य-माने) is a compound: avidya (अविद्य), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
lokavat (लोकवत्) is as in the world. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
yācñākrayaṇam (याच्ञाक्रयणम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yācñākrayaṇam (याच्ञाक्रयणम्) and avidya-māne (अविद्य-माने).
Next
6.8.27. niyata (नियत), because of vārthavatva (वार्थवत्व), it would be, let it be granted.