9.2.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.2.7
परार्थत्वाच् च शब्दानाम्
parārthatvāc ca śabdānām
The line
Because of because it is for another's sake and, of a word.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The line is short. śabda-artha-tvāt (शब्द-अर्थ-त्वात्) from 9.2.6 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) + ca (च) + śabdānām (शब्दानाम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for another's sake |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| śabdānām (शब्दानाम्) | genitive plural | a word |
The phrases
parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is because it is for another's sake. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it parārthatvāc (परार्थत्वाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
śabdānām (शब्दानाम्) is a word. It stands as genitive plural.
Sanskrit in this line
parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it parārthatvāc (परार्थत्वाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) and śabdānām (शब्दानाम्).