10.8.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.40
न गुणार्थत्वात् प्राप्ते न चोपदेशार्थः
na guṇārthatvāt prāpte na copadeśārthaḥ
The line
Not because of a compound: a quality, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, in what already follows, not a compound: and, teaching, and a thing, a meaning.
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: na (न) + guṇa-artha-tvāt (गुण-अर्थ-त्वात्) + prāpte (प्राप्ते) + na (न) + ca-upadeśa-arthaḥ (च-उपदेश-अर्थः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| guṇa-artha-tvāt (गुण-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| prāpte (प्राप्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | what already follows |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca-upadeśa-arthaḥ (च-उपदेश-अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: and, teaching, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. guṇa-artha-tvāt (गुण-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a quality, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. prāpte (प्राप्ते) is what already follows. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca-upadeśa-arthaḥ (च-उपदेश-अर्थः) is a compound: and, teaching, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
ca-upadeśa-arthaḥ (च-उपदेश-अर्थः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇa-artha-tvāt (गुण-अर्थ-त्वात्) and prāpte (प्राप्ते).