7.3.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.24
मध्यमयोर् वा गत्यर्थवादात्
madhyamayor vā gatyarthavādāt
The line
Of the middle or, because of a compound: going, a course, and praise, words that are not the command.
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. prathamottamayoḥ (प्रथमोत्तमयोः) from 7.3.23 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: madhyamayoḥ (मध्यमयोः) + vā (वा) + gati-arthavādāt (गति-अर्थवादात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| madhyamayoḥ (मध्यमयोः) | genitive or locative dual | the middle |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| gati-arthavādāt (गति-अर्थवादात्) | ablative singular | a compound: going, a course, and praise, words that are not the command. Read it from the end |
The phrases
madhyamayoḥ (मध्यमयोः) is the middle. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line writes it madhyamayor. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
gati-arthavādāt (गति-अर्थवादात्) is a compound: going, a course, and praise, words that are not the command. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
gati-arthavādāt (गति-अर्थवादात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it madhyamayor.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss madhyamayoḥ (मध्यमयोः) and gati-arthavādāt (गति-अर्थवादात्).