9.4.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.4.39
व्रतधर्माच् च लेपवत्
vratadharmāc ca lepavat
The line
Because of a compound: a vow, and dharma, a property and, lepavat (लेपवत्).
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. varjane (वर्जने) from 9.4.38 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vrata-dharmāt (व्रत-धर्मात्) + ca (च) + lepavat (लेपवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vrata-dharmāt (व्रत-धर्मात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a vow, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| lepavat (लेपवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
vrata-dharmāt (व्रत-धर्मात्) is a compound: a vow, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it vratadharmāc (व्रतधर्माच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
lepavat (लेपवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
vrata-dharmāt (व्रत-धर्मात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vratadharmāc (व्रतधर्माच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vrata-dharmāt (व्रत-धर्मात्) and lepavat (लेपवत्).