9.3.32
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.3.32
मेधपतित्वं स्वामिदेवतस्य समवायात् सर्वत्र च प्रयुक्तत्वात् तस्याचान्यायनिगदत्वात् सर्वत्रैवाविकारः स्यात्
medhapatitvaṃ svāmidevatasya samavāyāt sarvatra ca prayuktatvāt tasyācānyāyanigadatvāt sarvatraivāvikāraḥ syāt
The line
medhapatitva (मेधपतित्व), of svāmidevata (स्वामिदेवत), because of because of inherence, everywhere and, because of a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that, because of a compound: tasyācā (तस्याचा), the rule, the right way, niga (निग), and datva (दत्व), a compound: all, traivā (त्रैवा), and a transformation, 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: medhapatitvaṃ (मेधपतित्वं) + svāmidevatasya (स्वामिदेवतस्य) + samavāyāt (समवायात्) + sarvatra (सर्वत्र) + ca (च) + prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) + tasyācā-nyāya-niga-datvāt (तस्याचा-न्याय-निग-दत्वात्) + sarva-traivā-vikāraḥ (सर्व-त्रैवा-विकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| medhapatitvaṃ (मेधपतित्वं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | medhapatitva (मेधपतित्व) |
| svāmidevatasya (स्वामिदेवतस्य) | genitive singular | svāmidevata (स्वामिदेवत) |
| samavāyāt (समवायात्) | ablative singular | because of inherence |
| sarvatra (सर्वत्र) | indeclinable | everywhere |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tasyācā-nyāya-niga-datvāt (तस्याचा-न्याय-निग-दत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: tasyācā (तस्याचा), the rule, the right way, niga (निग), and datva (दत्व). Read it from the end |
| sarva-traivā-vikāraḥ (सर्व-त्रैवा-विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: all, traivā (त्रैवा), and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
medhapatitvaṃ (मेधपतित्वं) is medhapatitva (मेधपतित्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. svāmidevatasya (स्वामिदेवतस्य) is svāmidevata (स्वामिदेवत). It stands as genitive singular. samavāyāt (समवायात्) is because of inherence. It stands as ablative singular. sarvatra (सर्वत्र) is everywhere. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) is a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tasyācā-nyāya-niga-datvāt (तस्याचा-न्याय-निग-दत्वात्) is a compound: tasyācā (तस्याचा), the rule, the right way, niga (निग), and datva (दत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. sarva-traivā-vikāraḥ (सर्व-त्रैवा-विकारः) is a compound: all, traivā (त्रैवा), and a transformation. 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
tasyācā-nyāya-niga-datvāt (तस्याचा-न्याय-निग-दत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss medhapatitvaṃ (मेधपतित्वं) and svāmidevatasya (स्वामिदेवतस्य).