6.8.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.42
जातेर् वा तत्प्रायवचनार्थवत्वाभ्याम्
jāter vā tatprāyavacanārthavatvābhyām
The line
Of a futile rejoinder or, by means of a compound: tatprāya (तत्प्राय), a statement, a thing, a meaning, and vatva (वत्व).
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. sa (स) from 6.8.41 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: jāteḥ (जातेः) + vā (वा) + tatprāya-vacana-artha-vatvābhyām (तत्प्राय-वचन-अर्थ-वत्वाभ्याम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jāteḥ (जातेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a futile rejoinder |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tatprāya-vacana-artha-vatvābhyām (तत्प्राय-वचन-अर्थ-वत्वाभ्याम्) | instrumental, dative, or ablative dual | a compound: tatprāya (तत्प्राय), a statement, a thing, a meaning, and vatva (वत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
jāteḥ (जातेः) is a futile rejoinder. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it jāter (जातेर्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tatprāya-vacana-artha-vatvābhyām (तत्प्राय-वचन-अर्थ-वत्वाभ्याम्) is a compound: tatprāya (तत्प्राय), a statement, a thing, a meaning, and vatva (वत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental, dative, or ablative dual.
Sanskrit in this line
tatprāya-vacana-artha-vatvābhyām (तत्प्राय-वचन-अर्थ-वत्वाभ्याम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it jāter (जातेर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jāteḥ (जातेः) and tatprāya-vacana-artha-vatvābhyām (तत्प्राय-वचन-अर्थ-वत्वाभ्याम्).