7.3.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.16
द्रव्यादेशे तद्द्रव्यः श्रुतिसंयोगात् पुरोडाशस् त्वनादेशे तत्प्रकृतित्वात्
dravyādeśe taddravyaḥ śrutisaṃyogāt puroḍāśas tv anādeśe tatprakṛtitvāt
The line
In a compound: dravyā (द्रव्या), and a place, a compound: that, and a substance, because of because of the joining with the direct word, the rice-cake offering, the state of being that, in anādeśa (अनादेश), because of a compound: that, nature, what is seen, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: dravyā-deśe (द्रव्या-देशे) + tat-dravyaḥ (तत्-द्रव्यः) + śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) + puroḍāśaḥ (पुरोडाशः) + tva (त्व) + anādeśe (अनादेशे) + tat-prakṛti-tvāt (तत्-प्रकृति-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravyā-deśe (द्रव्या-देशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: dravyā (द्रव्या), and a place. Read it from the end |
| tat-dravyaḥ (तत्-द्रव्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: that, and a substance. Read it from the end |
| śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) | ablative singular | because of the joining with the direct word |
| puroḍāśaḥ (पुरोडाशः) | nominative singular, masculine | the rice-cake offering |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| anādeśe (अनादेशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | anādeśa (अनादेश) |
| tat-prakṛti-tvāt (तत्-प्रकृति-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, nature, what is seen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
dravyā-deśe (द्रव्या-देशे) is a compound: dravyā (द्रव्या), and a place. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tat-dravyaḥ (तत्-द्रव्यः) is a compound: that, and a substance. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is because of the joining with the direct word. It stands as ablative singular. puroḍāśaḥ (पुरोडाशः) is the rice-cake offering. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it puroḍāśas (पुरोडाश).
tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. anādeśe (अनादेशे) is anādeśa (अनादेश). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tat-prakṛti-tvāt (तत्-प्रकृति-त्वात्) is a compound: that, nature, what is seen, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-prakṛti-tvāt (तत्-प्रकृति-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it puroḍāśas (पुरोडाश).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravyā-deśe (द्रव्या-देशे) and tat-dravyaḥ (तत्-द्रव्यः).