8.2.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.1
वाजिने सोमपूर्वत्वं सौत्रामण्याञ् च ग्रहेषु ताच्छब्द्यात्
vājine somapūrvatvaṃ sautrāmaṇyāñ ca graheṣu tācchabdyāt
The line
In one who holds the Veda, a compound: soma, the earlier, and the state of being that, sautrāmaṇyāñ (सौत्रामण्याञ्) and, in graha (ग्रह), because of tācchabdya (ताच्छब्द्य).
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: vājine (वाजिने) + soma-pūrva-tvaṃ (सोम-पूर्व-त्वं) + sautrāmaṇyāñ (सौत्रामण्याञ्) + ca (च) + graheṣu (ग्रहेषु) + tācchabdyāt (ताच्छब्द्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vājine (वाजिने) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | one who holds the Veda |
| soma-pūrva-tvaṃ (सोम-पूर्व-त्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: soma, the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| sautrāmaṇyāñ (सौत्रामण्याञ्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| graheṣu (ग्रहेषु) | locative plural | graha (ग्रह) |
| tācchabdyāt (ताच्छब्द्यात्) | ablative singular | tācchabdya (ताच्छब्द्य) |
The phrases
vājine (वाजिने) is one who holds the Veda. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. soma-pūrva-tvaṃ (सोम-पूर्व-त्वं) is a compound: soma, the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. sautrāmaṇyāñ (सौत्रामण्याञ्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. graheṣu (ग्रहेषु) is graha (ग्रह). It stands as locative plural. tācchabdyāt (ताच्छब्द्यात्) is tācchabdya (ताच्छब्द्य). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
soma-pūrva-tvaṃ (सोम-पूर्व-त्वं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vājine (वाजिने) and soma-pūrva-tvaṃ (सोम-पूर्व-त्वं).