9.4.53
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.4.53
पूर्वत्वाच् च शब्दस्य संस्थापयतीति चाप्रबृत्तेनोपपद्यते
pūrvatvāc ca śabdasya saṃsthāpayatīti cāprabṛttenopapadyate
The line
Because of a compound: the earlier, and the state of being that and, of a word, in saṃsthāpayatīta (संस्थापयतीत), a compound: cāpra (चाप्र), bṛtte (बृत्ते), and does not fit.
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: pūrva-tvāt (पूर्व-त्वात्) + ca (च) + śabdasya (शब्दस्य) + saṃsthāpayatīti (संस्थापयतीति) + cāpra-bṛtte-nopapadyate (चाप्र-बृत्ते-नोपपद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pūrva-tvāt (पूर्व-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| śabdasya (शब्दस्य) | genitive singular | a word |
| saṃsthāpayatīti (संस्थापयतीति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | saṃsthāpayatīta (संस्थापयतीत) |
| cāpra-bṛtte-nopapadyate (चाप्र-बृत्ते-नोपपद्यते) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: cāpra (चाप्र), bṛtte (बृत्ते), and does not fit. Read it from the end |
The phrases
pūrva-tvāt (पूर्व-त्वात्) is a compound: the earlier, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pūrvatvāc (पूर्वत्वाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. śabdasya (शब्दस्य) is a word. It stands as genitive singular.
saṃsthāpayatīti (संस्थापयतीति) is saṃsthāpayatīta (संस्थापयतीत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. cāpra-bṛtte-nopapadyate (चाप्र-बृत्ते-नोपपद्यते) is a compound: cāpra (चाप्र), bṛtte (बृत्ते), and does not fit. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
cāpra-bṛtte-nopapadyate (चाप्र-बृत्ते-नोपपद्यते) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pūrvatvāc (पूर्वत्वाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pūrva-tvāt (पूर्व-त्वात्) and śabdasya (शब्दस्य).