3.3.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.4
धर्मोपदेशाच् च न हि द्रव्येण सम्बन्धः
dharmopadeśāc ca na hi dravyeṇa sambandhaḥ
The line
Because of a compound: dharma, a property, and teaching and, not. By means of a substance, a connection.
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: dharma-upadeśāt (धर्म-उपदेशात्) + ca (च) + na (न) + hi (हि) + dravyeṇa (द्रव्येण) + sambandhaḥ (सम्बन्धः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dharma-upadeśāt (धर्म-उपदेशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: dharma, a property, and teaching. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| dravyeṇa (द्रव्येण) | instrumental singular | a substance |
| sambandhaḥ (सम्बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | a connection |
The phrases
dharma-upadeśāt (धर्म-उपदेशात्) is a compound: dharma, a property, and teaching. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it dharmopadeśāc (धर्मोपदेशाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. dravyeṇa (द्रव्येण) is a substance. It stands as instrumental singular. sambandhaḥ (सम्बन्धः) is a connection. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
dharma-upadeśāt (धर्म-उपदेशात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it dharmopadeśāc (धर्मोपदेशाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dharma-upadeśāt (धर्म-उपदेशात्) and dravyeṇa (द्रव्येण).