9.3.35
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.3.35
देवता तु तदाशीष्ट्वात् सम्प्राप्तत्वात् स्वामिन्यनर्थिका स्यात्
devatā tu tadāśīṣṭvāt samprāptatvāt svāminy anarthikā syāt
The line
A deity but, because of tadāśīṣṭva (तदाशीष्ट्व), because of samprāptatva (सम्प्राप्तत्व), svāminy (स्वामिन्य्), anarthika (अनर्थिक), 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: devatā (देवता) + tu (तु) + tadāśīṣṭvāt (तदाशीष्ट्वात्) + samprāptatvāt (सम्प्राप्तत्वात्) + svāminy (स्वामिन्य्) + anarthikā (अनर्थिका) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| devatā (देवता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a deity |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| tadāśīṣṭvāt (तदाशीष्ट्वात्) | ablative singular | tadāśīṣṭva (तदाशीष्ट्व) |
| samprāptatvāt (सम्प्राप्तत्वात्) | ablative singular | samprāptatva (सम्प्राप्तत्व) |
| svāminy (स्वामिन्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| anarthikā (अनर्थिका) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | anarthika (अनर्थिक) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
devatā (देवता) is a deity. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. tadāśīṣṭvāt (तदाशीष्ट्वात्) is tadāśīṣṭva (तदाशीष्ट्व). It stands as ablative singular. samprāptatvāt (सम्प्राप्तत्वात्) is samprāptatva (सम्प्राप्तत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
svāminy (स्वामिन्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. anarthikā (अनर्थिका) is anarthika (अनर्थिक). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
samprāptatvāt (सम्प्राप्तत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss devatā (देवता) and tadāśīṣṭvāt (तदाशीष्ट्वात्).