8.4.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.27
प्रतिपत्ति तु ते भवतस् तस्मादताद्विकारत्वम्
pratipatti tu te bhavatas tasmād atādvikāratvam
The line
In an understanding but, they, those, is, becomes, therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound, atādvikāratva (अताद्विकारत्व).
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: pratipatti (प्रतिपत्ति) + tu (तु) + te (ते) + bhavataḥ (भवतः) + tasmād (तस्माद्) + atādvikāratvam (अताद्विकारत्वम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratipatti (प्रतिपत्ति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | an understanding |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| te (ते) | nominative plural, masculine | they, those |
| bhavataḥ (भवतः) | nominative singular, masculine | is, becomes |
| tasmād (तस्माद्) | indeclinable | therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound |
| atādvikāratvam (अताद्विकारत्वम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | atādvikāratva (अताद्विकारत्व) |
The phrases
pratipatti (प्रतिपत्ति) is an understanding. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. te (ते) is they, those. It stands as nominative plural, masculine.
bhavataḥ (भवतः) is is, becomes. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it bhavatas. tasmād (तस्माद्) is therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. atādvikāratvam (अताद्विकारत्वम्) is atādvikāratva (अताद्विकारत्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
atādvikāratvam (अताद्विकारत्वम्) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it bhavatas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratipatti (प्रतिपत्ति) and te (ते).