7.3.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.6
विश्वजिति सर्वपृष्ठे तत्पूर्वकत्वाज् ज्यौतिष्टोमिकानि पृष्ठान्यस्ति च पृष्ठशब्दः
viśvajiti sarvapṛṣṭhe tatpūrvakatvāj jyautiṣṭomikāni pṛṣṭhāny asti ca pṛṣṭhaśabdaḥ
The line
In viśvajita (विश्वजित), in a compound: all, and pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ), tatpūrvakatvāj (तत्पूर्वकत्वाज्), jyautiṣṭomika (ज्यौतिष्टोमिक), pṛṣṭhāny (पृष्ठान्य्), is and, a compound: pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ), and a word.
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: viśvajiti (विश्वजिति) + sarva-pṛṣṭhe (सर्व-पृष्ठे) + tatpūrvakatvāj (तत्पूर्वकत्वाज्) + jyautiṣṭomikāni (ज्यौतिष्टोमिकानि) + pṛṣṭhāny (पृष्ठान्य्) + asti (अस्ति) + ca (च) + pṛṣṭha-śabdaḥ (पृष्ठ-शब्दः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viśvajiti (विश्वजिति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | viśvajita (विश्वजित) |
| sarva-pṛṣṭhe (सर्व-पृष्ठे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: all, and pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ). Read it from the end |
| tatpūrvakatvāj (तत्पूर्वकत्वाज्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| jyautiṣṭomikāni (ज्यौतिष्टोमिकानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | jyautiṣṭomika (ज्यौतिष्टोमिक) |
| pṛṣṭhāny (पृष्ठान्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| asti (अस्ति) | present, third person singular | is |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| pṛṣṭha-śabdaḥ (पृष्ठ-शब्दः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ), and a word. Read it from the end |
The phrases
viśvajiti (विश्वजिति) is viśvajita (विश्वजित). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. sarva-pṛṣṭhe (सर्व-पृष्ठे) is a compound: all, and pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tatpūrvakatvāj (तत्पूर्वकत्वाज्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. jyautiṣṭomikāni (ज्यौतिष्टोमिकानि) is jyautiṣṭomika (ज्यौतिष्टोमिक). It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter.
pṛṣṭhāny (पृष्ठान्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. asti (अस्ति) is is. It stands as present, third person singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. pṛṣṭha-śabdaḥ (पृष्ठ-शब्दः) is a compound: pṛṣṭha (पृष्ठ), and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
jyautiṣṭomikāni (ज्यौतिष्टोमिकानि) is nominative or accusative plural, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss viśvajiti (विश्वजिति) and sarva-pṛṣṭhe (सर्व-पृष्ठे).