6.8.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.5
अपि वा क्रत्वभावादनाहिताग्नेरशेषभूतनिर्देशः
api vā kratvabhāvād anāhitāgner aśeṣabhūtanirdeśaḥ
The line
Even or, because of a compound: a rite, and absence, anāhitāgner (अनाहिताग्नेर्), a compound: aśeṣa (अशेष), an element, and a statement of what the rule is.
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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + kratu-abhāvāt (क्रतु-अभावात्) + anāhitāgner (अनाहिताग्नेर्) + aśeṣa-bhūta-nirdeśaḥ (अशेष-भूत-निर्देशः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kratu-abhāvāt (क्रतु-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a rite, and absence. Read it from the end |
| anāhitāgner (अनाहिताग्नेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| aśeṣa-bhūta-nirdeśaḥ (अशेष-भूत-निर्देशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: aśeṣa (अशेष), an element, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. kratu-abhāvāt (क्रतु-अभावात्) is a compound: a rite, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kratvabhāvād (क्रत्वभावाद्).
anāhitāgner (अनाहिताग्नेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. aśeṣa-bhūta-nirdeśaḥ (अशेष-भूत-निर्देशः) is a compound: aśeṣa (अशेष), an element, and a statement of what the rule is. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
aśeṣa-bhūta-nirdeśaḥ (अशेष-भूत-निर्देशः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kratvabhāvād (क्रत्वभावाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kratu-abhāvāt (क्रतु-अभावात्) and anāhitāgner (अनाहिताग्नेर्).
Next
6.8.6. japa (जप), because of a compound: vānagni (वानग्नि), and conjunction.