3.1.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.11
द्रव्यं चोत्पत्तिसंयोगात् तदर्थमेव चोद्येत
dravyaṃ cotpattisaṃyogāt tad artham eva codyeta
The line
A substance, because of a compound: and, arising, the origin, and conjunction, that, the thing, for the sake of just, codyeta (चोद्येत).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) + ca-utpatti-saṃyogāt (च-उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) + tad (तद्) + artham (अर्थम्) + eva (एव) + codyeta (चोद्येत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a substance |
| ca-utpatti-saṃyogāt (च-उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: and, arising, the origin, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| artham (अर्थम्) | accusative singular | the thing, for the sake of |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| codyeta (चोद्येत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) is a substance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca-utpatti-saṃyogāt (च-उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) is a compound: and, arising, the origin, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
artham (अर्थम्) is the thing, for the sake of. It stands as accusative singular. eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. codyeta (चोद्येत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
ca-utpatti-saṃyogāt (च-उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) and ca-utpatti-saṃyogāt (च-उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्).