9.1.34
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.34
इष्ट्यावृतौ प्रयाजवदावर्तेतारम्भणीया
iṣṭyāvṛtau prayājavad āvartetārambhaṇīyā
The line
A compound: an offering of cake, and āvṛta (आवृत), prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्), āvartetārambhaṇīya (आवर्तेतारम्भणीय).
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: iṣṭi-āvṛtau (इष्टि-आवृतौ) + prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्) + āvartetārambhaṇīyā (आवर्तेतारम्भणीया)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| iṣṭi-āvṛtau (इष्टि-आवृतौ) | nominative or accusative dual, masculine | a compound: an offering of cake, and āvṛta (आवृत). Read it from the end |
| prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| āvartetārambhaṇīyā (आवर्तेतारम्भणीया) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | āvartetārambhaṇīya (आवर्तेतारम्भणीय) |
The phrases
iṣṭi-āvṛtau (इष्टि-आवृतौ) is a compound: an offering of cake, and āvṛta (आवृत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, masculine. prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
āvartetārambhaṇīyā (आवर्तेतारम्भणीया) is āvartetārambhaṇīya (आवर्तेतारम्भणीय). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
āvartetārambhaṇīyā (आवर्तेतारम्भणीया) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss iṣṭi-āvṛtau (इष्टि-आवृतौ) and prayājavad (प्रयाजवद्).