2.2.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.5
गुणस् तु श्रुतिसंयोगात्
guṇas tu śrutisaṃyogāt
The line
A quality but, because of because of the joining with the direct word.
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 line is short. viśeṣa-darśanāt (विशेष-दर्शनात्) from 2.2.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: guṇaḥ (गुणः) + tu (तु) + śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇaḥ (गुणः) | nominative singular, masculine | a quality |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) | ablative singular | because of the joining with the direct word |
The phrases
guṇaḥ (गुणः) is a quality. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it guṇas (गुण). tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
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. The line writes it guṇas (गुण).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇaḥ (गुणः) and śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्).