9.1.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.6
देवता वा प्रयोजयेदतिथिवद् भोजनस्य तदर्थत्वात्
devatā vā prayojayed atithivad bhojanasya tadarthatvāt
The line
A deity or, prayojayed (प्रयोजयेद्), atithivad (अतिथिवद्), of bhojana (भोजन), because of because it is for the sake of that.
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: devatā (देवता) + vā (वा) + prayojayed (प्रयोजयेद्) + atithivad (अतिथिवद्) + bhojanasya (भोजनस्य) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| devatā (देवता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a deity |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prayojayed (प्रयोजयेद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| atithivad (अतिथिवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| bhojanasya (भोजनस्य) | genitive singular | bhojana (भोजन) |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
devatā (देवता) is a deity. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. prayojayed (प्रयोजयेद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
atithivad (अतिथिवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. bhojanasya (भोजनस्य) is bhojana (भोजन). It stands as genitive singular. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss devatā (देवता) and prayojayed (प्रयोजयेद्).