3.1.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.22
गुणानां च परार्थत्त्वादसम्बन्धः समत्वात् स्यात्
guṇānāṃ ca parārthattvād asambandhaḥ samatvāt syāt
The line
Of of the qualities and, because of a compound: another, the higher, a thing, a meaning, and ttva (त्त्व), asambandha (असम्बन्ध), because of because they are the same, 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: guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) + ca (च) + para-artha-ttvāt (पर-अर्थ-त्त्वात्) + asambandhaḥ (असम्बन्धः) + samatvāt (समत्वात्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) | genitive plural | of the qualities |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| para-artha-ttvāt (पर-अर्थ-त्त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: another, the higher, a thing, a meaning, and ttva (त्त्व). Read it from the end |
| asambandhaḥ (असम्बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | asambandha (असम्बन्ध) |
| samatvāt (समत्वात्) | ablative singular | because they are the same |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) is of the qualities. It stands as genitive plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. para-artha-ttvāt (पर-अर्थ-त्त्वात्) is a compound: another, the higher, a thing, a meaning, and ttva (त्त्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it parārthattvād (परार्थत्त्वाद्).
asambandhaḥ (असम्बन्धः) is asambandha (असम्बन्ध). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. samatvāt (समत्वात्) is because they are the same. It stands as ablative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
para-artha-ttvāt (पर-अर्थ-त्त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it parārthattvād (परार्थत्त्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) and para-artha-ttvāt (पर-अर्थ-त्त्वात्).
Next
3.1.23. mithaś (मिथश्), because of cānarthasamvandha (चानर्थसम्वन्ध).