7.3.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.14
न भक्तित्वात्
na bhaktitvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: devotion, and the state of being that.
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 line is short. prakṛteḥ (प्रकृतेः) from 7.3.13 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + bhakti-tvāt (भक्ति-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| bhakti-tvāt (भक्ति-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: devotion, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
bhakti-tvāt (भक्ति-त्वात्) is a compound: devotion, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhakti-tvāt (भक्ति-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhakti-tvāt (भक्ति-त्वात्).
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