6.8.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.3
उपदेशस् त्वपूर्वत्वात्
upadeśas tv apūrvatvāt
The line
Teaching, the state of being that, because of a compound: the unseen, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: upadeśaḥ (उपदेशः) + tva (त्व) + apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upadeśaḥ (उपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | teaching |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
upadeśaḥ (उपदेशः) is teaching. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it upadeśas (उपदेश). tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: the unseen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
apūrva-tvāt (अपूर्व-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it upadeśas (उपदेश).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss upadeśaḥ (उपदेशः) and tva (त्व).
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6.8.4. He, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, of of all, because of because there is no difference.