3.1.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.16
संस्काराद् वागुणानामव्यवस्था स्यात्
saṃskārād vāguṇānām avyavasthā syāt
The line
Because of a compounded thing or, of of the qualities, unsettledness, it would be, let it be granted.
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: saṃskārāt (संस्कारात्) + vā (वा) + guṇānām (गुणानाम्) + avyavasthā (अव्यवस्था) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskārāt (संस्कारात्) | ablative singular | a compounded thing |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| guṇānām (गुणानाम्) | genitive plural | of the qualities |
| avyavasthā (अव्यवस्था) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | unsettledness |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
saṃskārāt (संस्कारात्) is a compounded thing. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it saṃskārād (संस्काराद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. guṇānām (गुणानाम्) is of the qualities. It stands as genitive plural. The line joins them as vāguṇānām (वागुणानाम्).
avyavasthā (अव्यवस्था) is unsettledness. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
avyavasthā (अव्यवस्था) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it saṃskārād (संस्काराद्). The line joins them as vāguṇānām (वागुणानाम्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskārāt (संस्कारात्) and guṇānām (गुणानाम्).