2.2.23

गुणाश् चापूर्वसंयोगे वाक्योः समत्त्वात्

guṇāś cāpūrvasaṃyoge vākyoḥ samattvāt

The line

Qualities, in a compound: and, the unseen, and conjunction, of a sentence, because of a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and ttva (त्त्व).

Where it sits

In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.

Split: guṇāḥ (गुणाः) + ca-apūrva-saṃyoge (च-अपूर्व-संयोगे) + vākyoḥ (वाक्योः) + sama-ttvāt (सम-त्त्वात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
guṇāḥ (गुणाः)	nominative plural	qualities
ca-apūrva-saṃyoge (च-अपूर्व-संयोगे)	locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter	a compound: and, the unseen, and conjunction. Read it from the end
vākyoḥ (वाक्योः)	genitive or ablative singular	a sentence
sama-ttvāt (सम-त्त्वात्)	ablative singular	a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and ttva (त्त्व). Read it from the end

The phrases

guṇāḥ (गुणाः) is qualities. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it guṇāś (गुणाश्). ca-apūrva-saṃyoge (च-अपूर्व-संयोगे) is a compound: and, the unseen, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.

vākyoḥ (वाक्योः) is a sentence. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. sama-ttvāt (सम-त्त्वात्) is a compound: an equalizing, a rejoinder that turns an example back, and ttva (त्त्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.

Sanskrit in this line

ca-apūrva-saṃyoge (च-अपूर्व-संयोगे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇāś (गुणाश्).

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss guṇāḥ (गुणाः) and ca-apūrva-saṃyoge (च-अपूर्व-संयोगे).

2.2.24. In aguṇa (अगुण) but, in a word for an action, a quality, there, would be understood.