8.2.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.2.24
सत्रमहीनश् च द्वादशाहस् तस्योभयथा प्रवृत्तिरैककर्म्यात्
satramahīnaś ca dvādaśāhas tasyobhayathā pravṛttir aikakarmyāt
The line
satramahīnaś (सत्रमहीनश्) and, dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह), a compound: tasyobha (तस्योभ), and as, activity, because of being one and the same act.
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: satramahīnaś (सत्रमहीनश्) + ca (च) + dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह) + tasyobha-yathā (तस्योभ-यथा) + pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) + aikakarmyāt (ऐककर्म्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| satramahīnaś (सत्रमहीनश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tasyobha-yathā (तस्योभ-यथा) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: tasyobha (तस्योभ), and as. Read it from the end |
| pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | activity |
| aikakarmyāt (ऐककर्म्यात्) | ablative singular | being one and the same act |
The phrases
satramahīnaś (सत्रमहीनश्) 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. dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tasyobha-yathā (तस्योभ-यथा) is a compound: tasyobha (तस्योभ), and as. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) is activity. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. The line writes it pravṛttir (प्रवृत्तिर्). aikakarmyāt (ऐककर्म्यात्) is being one and the same act. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tasyobha-yathā (तस्योभ-यथा) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pravṛttir (प्रवृत्तिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss satramahīnaś (सत्रमहीनश्) and dvādaśāhas (द्वादशाह).