3.2.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.1
अर्थाभिधानसामर्थ्यान् मन्त्रेषु शेषभावः स्यात् तस्मादुत्पत्तिसम्बन्धोऽर्थेन नित्यसंयोगात्
arthābhidhānasāmarthyān mantreṣu śeṣabhāvaḥ syāt tasmād utpattisambandho 'rthena nityasaṃyogāt
The line
A compound: a thing, a meaning, a naming, and capacity, in a mantra, a compound: the rest, what remains over, and a state, it would be, let it be granted, therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound, a compound: arising, the origin, and a connection, in in the thing, in the meaning, not because of a compound: eternal, and conjunction.
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: artha-abhidhāna-sāmarthyān (अर्थ-अभिधान-सामर्थ्यान्) + mantreṣu (मन्त्रेषु) + śeṣa-bhāvaḥ (शेष-भावः) + syāt (स्यात्) + tasmād (तस्माद्) + utpatti-sambandho (उत्पत्ति-सम्बन्धो) + arthe (अर्थे) + na (न) + nitya-saṃyogāt (नित्य-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-abhidhāna-sāmarthyān (अर्थ-अभिधान-सामर्थ्यान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a thing, a meaning, a naming, and capacity. Read it from the end |
| mantreṣu (मन्त्रेषु) | locative plural | a mantra |
| śeṣa-bhāvaḥ (शेष-भावः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and a state. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tasmād (तस्माद्) | indeclinable | therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound |
| utpatti-sambandho (उत्पत्ति-सम्बन्धो) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: arising, the origin, and a connection. Read it from the end |
| arthe (अर्थे) | locative singular | in the thing, in the meaning |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| nitya-saṃyogāt (नित्य-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: eternal, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
artha-abhidhāna-sāmarthyān (अर्थ-अभिधान-सामर्थ्यान्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, a naming, and capacity. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. mantreṣu (मन्त्रेषु) is a mantra. It stands as locative plural. śeṣa-bhāvaḥ (शेष-भावः) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tasmād (तस्माद्) is therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable.
utpatti-sambandho (उत्पत्ति-सम्बन्धो) is a compound: arising, the origin, and a connection. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. arthe (अर्थे) is in the thing, in the meaning. It stands as locative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as arthena. nitya-saṃyogāt (नित्य-संयोगात्) is a compound: eternal, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-abhidhāna-sāmarthyān (अर्थ-अभिधान-सामर्थ्यान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The line joins them as arthena.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-abhidhāna-sāmarthyān (अर्थ-अभिधान-सामर्थ्यान्) and mantreṣu (मन्त्रेषु).