1.2.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.39
अनित्यसंयोगान् मन्त्रानर्थक्यम्
anityasaṃyogān mantrānarthakyam
The line
From a non-eternal connection, the mantras are without use as meaningful speech.
नेपालीमा
अनित्य सम्बन्धबाट मन्त्रहरू अर्थयुक्त वचनका रूपमा बेकामे हुन्छन्।
Where it sits
Anityasaṃyoga (अनित्यसंयोग) repeats the connection of 1.2.6, now inside a mantra. The utterance-only claim of 1.2.31 is what this reason is said to confirm. The Kīkaṭa (कीकट) verse is the case.
Split: anitya-saṃyogāt (अनित्य-संयोगात्) + mantra-ānarthakyam (मन्त्र-आनर्थक्यम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anitya-saṃyogāt (अनित्य-संयोगात्) | ablative singular, masculine | because of a non-eternal connection |
| mantra-ānarthakyam (मन्त्र-आनर्थक्यम्) | nominative singular, neuter | uselessness of the mantras, their failure as meaningful speech |
The phrases
A further reason is a connection that begins in time. 'What do the cows do for you among the Kīkaṭas (कीकट)?' The Kīkaṭas (कीकट) are a people. The verse goes on to a city and to a king, Pramaganda.
If the mantra were for denoting, it would not have been there before that king. A formula that waits on a man's life is not an eternal wording with an eternal meaning. By the reasons from the assigning-sentence onward, the objector says the mantras do not have their wording as the intended sense.
Sanskrit in this line
The pāṭha (पाठ) reads mantrārthānarthakyam (मन्त्रार्थानर्थक्यम्), uselessness of mantra-meanings, and writes the ablative as anityasaṃyogān (अनित्यसंयोगान्) before the following nasal. The bhāṣya (भाष्य) reads mantrānarthakyam (मन्त्रानर्थक्यम्), and the pause form of the ablative is anityasaṃyogāt (अनित्यसंयोगात्).
Say it back
State the charge with the king: a mantra that names Pramaganda looks later than Pramaganda.