8.1.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.15
तत्प्रवृत्तिर् गणेषु स्यात् प्रतिपशु यूपदर्शनात्
tatpravṛttir gaṇeṣu syāt pratipaśu yūpadarśanāt
The line
tatpravṛttir (तत्प्रवृत्तिर्), in gaṇa (गण), it would be, let it be granted, a compound: toward, against, and an animal offering, because of a compound: yūpa (यूप), and seeing.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Transfer by specific indications. The signs in a variant rite's own sentence say which model it borrows from. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tatpravṛttir (तत्प्रवृत्तिर्) + gaṇeṣu (गणेषु) + syāt (स्यात्) + prati-paśu (प्रति-पशु) + yūpa-darśanāt (यूप-दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatpravṛttir (तत्प्रवृत्तिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| gaṇeṣu (गणेषु) | locative plural | gaṇa (गण) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prati-paśu (प्रति-पशु) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: toward, against, and an animal offering. Read it from the end |
| yūpa-darśanāt (यूप-दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: yūpa (यूप), and seeing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tatpravṛttir (तत्प्रवृत्तिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. gaṇeṣu (गणेषु) is gaṇa (गण). It stands as locative plural. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
prati-paśu (प्रति-पशु) is a compound: toward, against, and an animal offering. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. yūpa-darśanāt (यूप-दर्शनात्) is a compound: yūpa (यूप), and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
yūpa-darśanāt (यूप-दर्शनात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tatpravṛttir (तत्प्रवृत्तिर्) and gaṇeṣu (गणेषु).