9.1.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.33
अभ्यासः सामिधेनीनां प्राथम्यात् स्थानधर्मः स्यात्
abhyāsaḥ sāmidhenīnāṃ prāthamyāt sthānadharmaḥ syāt
The line
Practice, of sāmidhena (सामिधेन), because of prāthamya (प्राथम्य), a compound: the place, the order, and dharma, a property, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) + sāmidhenīnāṃ (सामिधेनीनां) + prāthamyāt (प्राथम्यात्) + sthāna-dharmaḥ (स्थान-धर्मः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) | nominative singular, masculine | practice |
| sāmidhenīnāṃ (सामिधेनीनां) | genitive plural | sāmidhena (सामिधेन) |
| prāthamyāt (प्राथम्यात्) | ablative singular | prāthamya (प्राथम्य) |
| sthāna-dharmaḥ (स्थान-धर्मः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the place, the order, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) is practice. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sāmidhenīnāṃ (सामिधेनीनां) is sāmidhena (सामिधेन). It stands as genitive plural. prāthamyāt (प्राथम्यात्) is prāthamya (प्राथम्य). It stands as ablative singular.
sthāna-dharmaḥ (स्थान-धर्मः) is a compound: the place, the order, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sthāna-dharmaḥ (स्थान-धर्मः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abhyāsaḥ (अभ्यासः) and sāmidhenīnāṃ (सामिधेनीनां).