3.2.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.26
गुणाभिधानान् मन्द्रादिरेकमन्त्रः स्यात् तयोरेकार्थसंयोगात्
guṇābhidhānān mandrādir ekamantraḥ syāt tayor ekārthasaṃyogāt
The line
A compound: a quality, and a naming, mandrādir (मन्द्रादिर्), a compound: one, and a mantra, it would be, let it be granted, of of the two, in the two, because of a compound: one, a thing, a meaning, 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: guṇa-abhidhānān (गुण-अभिधानान्) + mandrādir (मन्द्रादिर्) + eka-mantraḥ (एक-मन्त्रः) + syāt (स्यात्) + tayoḥ (तयोः) + eka-artha-saṃyogāt (एक-अर्थ-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇa-abhidhānān (गुण-अभिधानान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a quality, and a naming. Read it from the end |
| mandrādir (मन्द्रादिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| eka-mantraḥ (एक-मन्त्रः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: one, and a mantra. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tayoḥ (तयोः) | genitive or locative dual | of the two, in the two |
| eka-artha-saṃyogāt (एक-अर्थ-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one, a thing, a meaning, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
guṇa-abhidhānān (गुण-अभिधानान्) is a compound: a quality, and a naming. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. mandrādir (मन्द्रादिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. eka-mantraḥ (एक-मन्त्रः) is a compound: one, and a mantra. 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. tayoḥ (तयोः) is of the two, in the two. It stands as genitive or locative dual. The line writes it tayor. eka-artha-saṃyogāt (एक-अर्थ-संयोगात्) is a compound: one, a thing, a meaning, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
eka-artha-saṃyogāt (एक-अर्थ-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tayor.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇa-abhidhānān (गुण-अभिधानान्) and mandrādir (मन्द्रादिर्).