3.1.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.27
व्यवस्था वार्थसंयोगाल् लिङ्गस्यार्थेन सम्बन्धाल्लक्षणार्था गुणश्रुतिः
vyavasthā vārthasaṃyogāl liṅgasyārthena sambandhāllakṣaṇārthā guṇaśrutiḥ
The line
A compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing, vārthasaṃyogāl (वार्थसंयोगाल्), by means of a compound: a mark, and syārtha (स्यार्थ), sambandhāllakṣaṇārtha (सम्बन्धाल्लक्षणार्थ), a compound: a quality, and heard.
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: vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) + vārthasaṃyogāl (वार्थसंयोगाल्) + liṅga-syārthena (लिङ्ग-स्यार्थेन) + sambandhāllakṣaṇārthā (सम्बन्धाल्लक्षणार्था) + guṇa-śrutiḥ (गुण-श्रुतिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing. Read it from the end |
| vārthasaṃyogāl (वार्थसंयोगाल्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| liṅga-syārthena (लिङ्ग-स्यार्थेन) | instrumental singular | a compound: a mark, and syārtha (स्यार्थ). Read it from the end |
| sambandhāllakṣaṇārthā (सम्बन्धाल्लक्षणार्था) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | sambandhāllakṣaṇārtha (सम्बन्धाल्लक्षणार्थ) |
| guṇa-śrutiḥ (गुण-श्रुतिः) | nominative singular | a compound: a quality, and heard. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) is a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. vārthasaṃyogāl (वार्थसंयोगाल्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. liṅga-syārthena (लिङ्ग-स्यार्थेन) is a compound: a mark, and syārtha (स्यार्थ). Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular.
sambandhāllakṣaṇārthā (सम्बन्धाल्लक्षणार्था) is sambandhāllakṣaṇārtha (सम्बन्धाल्लक्षणार्थ). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. guṇa-śrutiḥ (गुण-श्रुतिः) is a compound: a quality, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sambandhāllakṣaṇārthā (सम्बन्धाल्लक्षणार्था) is nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) and vārthasaṃyogāl (वार्थसंयोगाल्).