8.1.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.21
प्रवृत्तौ चापि तादर्थ्यात्
pravṛttau cāpi tādarthyāt
The line
Activity, setting out to act and even, because of because it is for that.
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 line is short. karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) from 8.1.20 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: pravṛttau (प्रवृत्तौ) + ca (च) + api (अपि) + tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pravṛttau (प्रवृत्तौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | activity, setting out to act |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्) | ablative singular | because it is for that |
The phrases
pravṛttau (प्रवृत्तौ) is activity, setting out to act. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि). tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्) is because it is for that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as cāpi (चापि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pravṛttau (प्रवृत्तौ) and tādarthyāt (तादर्थ्यात्).