3.1.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.17
व्यवस्थावार्थस्य श्रुतिसंयोगात् तस्य शब्द प्रमाणत्वात्
vyavasthāvārthasya śrutisaṃyogāt tasya śabda pramāṇatvāt
The line
Of vyavasthāvārtha (व्यवस्थावार्थ), because of because of the joining with the direct word, of of that, his, a word, because of a compound: a means, and the state of being that.
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: vyavasthāvārthasya (व्यवस्थावार्थस्य) + śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) + tasya (तस्य) + śabda (शब्द) + pramāṇa-tvāt (प्रमाण-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyavasthāvārthasya (व्यवस्थावार्थस्य) | genitive singular | vyavasthāvārtha (व्यवस्थावार्थ) |
| śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) | ablative singular | because of the joining with the direct word |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
| śabda (शब्द) | the stem, as the line writes it | a word |
| pramāṇa-tvāt (प्रमाण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a means, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vyavasthāvārthasya (व्यवस्थावार्थस्य) is vyavasthāvārtha (व्यवस्थावार्थ). It stands as genitive singular. śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is because of the joining with the direct word. It stands as ablative singular. tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular.
śabda (शब्द) is a word. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. pramāṇa-tvāt (प्रमाण-त्वात्) is a compound: a means, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vyavasthāvārthasya (व्यवस्थावार्थस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyavasthāvārthasya (व्यवस्थावार्थस्य) and śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्).