3.2.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.2
संस्कारकत्वादचोदितेन स्यात्
saṃskārakatvād acoditena syāt
The line
Because of a compound: a compounded thing, and katva (कत्व), by means of acodita (अचोदित), 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: saṃskāra-katvāt (संस्कार-कत्वात्) + acoditena (अचोदितेन) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskāra-katvāt (संस्कार-कत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a compounded thing, and katva (कत्व). Read it from the end |
| acoditena (अचोदितेन) | instrumental singular | acodita (अचोदित) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
saṃskāra-katvāt (संस्कार-कत्वात्) is a compound: a compounded thing, and katva (कत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it saṃskārakatvād (संस्कारकत्वाद्). acoditena (अचोदितेन) is acodita (अचोदित). It stands as instrumental singular.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃskāra-katvāt (संस्कार-कत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it saṃskārakatvād (संस्कारकत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskāra-katvāt (संस्कार-कत्वात्) and acoditena (अचोदितेन).