7.2.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.3
स्वार्थे वा स्यात् प्रयोजनं क्रियायास् तदङ्गभावेनोपदिश्येरन्
svārthe vā syāt prayojanaṃ kriyāyās tadaṅgabhāvenopadiśyeran
The line
In one's own purpose or, it would be, let it be granted, a purpose, of of an action, tadaṅgabhāvenopadiśyeran (तदङ्गभावेनोपदिश्येरन्).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. Transfer. The details of a model rite are carried to a variant rite, and where that carrying stops. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: svārthe (स्वार्थे) + vā (वा) + syāt (स्यात्) + prayojanaṃ (प्रयोजनं) + kriyāyāḥ (क्रियायाः) + tadaṅgabhāvenopadiśyeran (तदङ्गभावेनोपदिश्येरन्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svārthe (स्वार्थे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | one's own purpose |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prayojanaṃ (प्रयोजनं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a purpose |
| kriyāyāḥ (क्रियायाः) | genitive or ablative singular | of an action |
| tadaṅgabhāvenopadiśyeran (तदङ्गभावेनोपदिश्येरन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
svārthe (स्वार्थे) is one's own purpose. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
prayojanaṃ (प्रयोजनं) is a purpose. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kriyāyāḥ (क्रियायाः) is of an action. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it kriyāyās (क्रियायास्). tadaṅgabhāvenopadiśyeran (तदङ्गभावेनोपदिश्येरन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
tadaṅgabhāvenopadiśyeran (तदङ्गभावेनोपदिश्येरन्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kriyāyās (क्रियायास्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svārthe (स्वार्थे) and syāt (स्यात्).
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