2.3.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.1
गुणस् तु क्रतुसंयोगात् कर्मान्तरं प्रयोजयेत् संयोगस्याशेषभूत्वात्
guṇas tu kratusaṃyogāt karmāntaraṃ prayojayet saṃyogasyāśeṣabhūtvāt
The line
A quality but, because of a compound: a rite, and conjunction, a compound: action, and a difference, an interval, prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्), because of a compound: conjunction, syāśe (स्याशे), and ṣabhūtva (षभूत्व).
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: guṇaḥ (गुणः) + tu (तु) + kratu-saṃyogāt (क्रतु-संयोगात्) + karma-antaraṃ (कर्म-अन्तरं) + prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्) + saṃyoga-syāśe-ṣabhūtvāt (संयोग-स्याशे-षभूत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇaḥ (गुणः) | nominative singular, masculine | a quality |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| kratu-saṃyogāt (क्रतु-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a rite, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| karma-antaraṃ (कर्म-अन्तरं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: action, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| saṃyoga-syāśe-ṣabhūtvāt (संयोग-स्याशे-षभूत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: conjunction, syāśe (स्याशे), and ṣabhūtva (षभूत्व). Read it from the end |
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. kratu-saṃyogāt (क्रतु-संयोगात्) is a compound: a rite, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
karma-antaraṃ (कर्म-अन्तरं) is a compound: action, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. saṃyoga-syāśe-ṣabhūtvāt (संयोग-स्याशे-षभूत्वात्) is a compound: conjunction, syāśe (स्याशे), and ṣabhūtva (षभूत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃyoga-syāśe-ṣabhūtvāt (संयोग-स्याशे-षभूत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇas (गुण).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇaḥ (गुणः) and kratu-saṃyogāt (क्रतु-संयोगात्).