8.3.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.13
तन् नित्यवच् च प्रथक्सतीषु तद्वचनम्
tan nityavac ca prathaksatīṣu tadvacanam
The line
That. tat before n, a compound: eternal, and vaca (वच) and, prathaksatīṣu (प्रथक्सतीषु), a compound: that, and a statement.
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: tan (तन्) + nitya-vaca (नित्य-वच) + ca (च) + prathaksatīṣu (प्रथक्सतीषु) + tad-vacanam (तद्-वचनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tan (तन्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that. tat before n |
| nitya-vaca (नित्य-वच) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: eternal, and vaca (वच). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prathaksatīṣu (प्रथक्सतीषु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tad-vacanam (तद्-वचनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: that, and a statement. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tan (तन्) is that. tat before n. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. nitya-vaca (नित्य-वच) is a compound: eternal, and vaca (वच). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
prathaksatīṣu (प्रथक्सतीषु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tad-vacanam (तद्-वचनम्) is a compound: that, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
prathaksatīṣu (प्रथक्सतीषु) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tan (तन्) and nitya-vaca (नित्य-वच).