3.2.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.4
गुणाद् वाप्यभिधानं स्यात् सम्बन्धस्याशास्त्रहेतुत्वात्
guṇād vāpy abhidhānaṃ syāt sambandhasyāśāstrahetutvāt
The line
Because of a quality or, also, even. api before a vowel, a naming, it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: a connection, syāśā (स्याशा), and strahetutva (स्त्रहेतुत्व).
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: guṇāt (गुणात्) + vā (वा) + apy (अप्य्) + abhidhānaṃ (अभिधानं) + syāt (स्यात्) + sambandha-syāśā-strahetutvāt (सम्बन्ध-स्याशा-स्त्रहेतुत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇāt (गुणात्) | ablative singular | a quality |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| apy (अप्य्) | indeclinable | also, even. api before a vowel |
| abhidhānaṃ (अभिधानं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a naming |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| sambandha-syāśā-strahetutvāt (सम्बन्ध-स्याशा-स्त्रहेतुत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a connection, syāśā (स्याशा), and strahetutva (स्त्रहेतुत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
guṇāt (गुणात्) is a quality. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it guṇād (गुणाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. apy (अप्य्) is also, even. api before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as vāpy (वाप्य्).
abhidhānaṃ (अभिधानं) is a naming. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. sambandha-syāśā-strahetutvāt (सम्बन्ध-स्याशा-स्त्रहेतुत्वात्) is a compound: a connection, syāśā (स्याशा), and strahetutva (स्त्रहेतुत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sambandha-syāśā-strahetutvāt (सम्बन्ध-स्याशा-स्त्रहेतुत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇād (गुणाद्). The line joins them as vāpy (वाप्य्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇāt (गुणात्) and apy (अप्य्).
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