10.3.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.40
समत्वात् तु गुणानामेकस्य श्रुतिसंयोगात्
samatvāt tu guṇānām ekasya śrutisaṃyogāt
The line
Because of because they are the same but, of of the qualities, of one, because of because of the joining with the direct word.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: samatvāt (समत्वात्) + tu (तु) + guṇānām (गुणानाम्) + ekasya (एकस्य) + śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| samatvāt (समत्वात्) | ablative singular | because they are the same |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| guṇānām (गुणानाम्) | genitive plural | of the qualities |
| ekasya (एकस्य) | genitive singular | one |
| śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) | ablative singular | because of the joining with the direct word |
The phrases
samatvāt (समत्वात्) is because they are the same. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. guṇānām (गुणानाम्) is of the qualities. It stands as genitive plural.
ekasya (एकस्य) is one. It stands as genitive singular. śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is because of the joining with the direct word. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss samatvāt (समत्वात्) and guṇānām (गुणानाम्).