10.3.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.21
संस्कारसामर्थ्याद् गुणसंयोगाच् च
saṃskārasāmarthyād guṇasaṃyogāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: a compounded thing, and capacity, because of a compound: a quality, and conjunction and.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. vidheḥ (विधेः) from 10.3.20 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: saṃskāra-sāmarthyāt (संस्कार-सामर्थ्यात्) + guṇa-saṃyogāt (गुण-संयोगात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskāra-sāmarthyāt (संस्कार-सामर्थ्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a compounded thing, and capacity. Read it from the end |
| guṇa-saṃyogāt (गुण-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
saṃskāra-sāmarthyāt (संस्कार-सामर्थ्यात्) is a compound: a compounded thing, and capacity. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it saṃskārasāmarthyād (संस्कारसामर्थ्याद्). guṇa-saṃyogāt (गुण-संयोगात्) is a compound: a quality, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it guṇasaṃyogāc (गुणसंयोगाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃskāra-sāmarthyāt (संस्कार-सामर्थ्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it saṃskārasāmarthyād (संस्कारसामर्थ्याद्). The line writes it guṇasaṃyogāc (गुणसंयोगाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskāra-sāmarthyāt (संस्कार-सामर्थ्यात्) and guṇa-saṃyogāt (गुण-संयोगात्).