7.2.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.6
शास्त्रं चैवमनर्थकं स्यात्
śāstraṃ caivam anarthakaṃ syāt
The line
A teaching, a treatise and thus, of no point, it would be, let it be granted.
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: śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) + ca (च) + evam (एवम्) + anarthakaṃ (अनर्थकं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a teaching, a treatise |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | in this way |
| anarthakaṃ (अनर्थकं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | of no point |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) is a teaching, a treatise. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. evam (एवम्) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as caivam.
anarthakaṃ (अनर्थकं) is of no point. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anarthakaṃ (अनर्थकं) is nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as caivam.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) and anarthakaṃ (अनर्थकं).