3.3.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.33
नैमित्तिकं वा कर्तृसंयोगाल् लिङ्गस्य तन्निमित्तत्वात्
naimittikaṃ vā kartṛsaṃyogāl liṅgasya tannimittatvāt
The line
Arising from a special cause or, a compound: an agent, saṃyo (संयो), and gāla (गाल), of of a mark, because of a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that.
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: naimittikaṃ (नैमित्तिकं) + vā (वा) + kartṛ-saṃyo-gāla (कर्तृ-संयो-गाल) + liṅgasya (लिङ्गस्य) + tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| naimittikaṃ (नैमित्तिकं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | arising from a special cause |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kartṛ-saṃyo-gāla (कर्तृ-संयो-गाल) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an agent, saṃyo (संयो), and gāla (गाल). Read it from the end |
| liṅgasya (लिङ्गस्य) | genitive singular | of a mark |
| tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
naimittikaṃ (नैमित्तिकं) is arising from a special cause. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. kartṛ-saṃyo-gāla (कर्तृ-संयो-गाल) is a compound: an agent, saṃyo (संयो), and gāla (गाल). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
liṅgasya (लिङ्गस्य) is of a mark. It stands as genitive singular. tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kartṛ-saṃyo-gāla (कर्तृ-संयो-गाल) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss naimittikaṃ (नैमित्तिकं) and kartṛ-saṃyo-gāla (कर्तृ-संयो-गाल).