3.3.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.8
वेदसंयोगान् न प्रकरणेन बाध्यते
vedasaṃyogān na prakaraṇena bādhyate
The line
A compound: the Veda, and conjunction, not by means of the context, in bādhyata (बाध्यत).
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: veda-saṃyogān (वेद-संयोगान्) + na (न) + prakaraṇena (प्रकरणेन) + bādhyate (बाध्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| veda-saṃyogān (वेद-संयोगान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: the Veda, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| prakaraṇena (प्रकरणेन) | instrumental singular | the context |
| bādhyate (बाध्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | bādhyata (बाध्यत) |
The phrases
veda-saṃyogān (वेद-संयोगान्) is a compound: the Veda, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
prakaraṇena (प्रकरणेन) is the context. It stands as instrumental singular. bādhyate (बाध्यते) is bādhyata (बाध्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
veda-saṃyogān (वेद-संयोगान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss veda-saṃyogān (वेद-संयोगान्) and prakaraṇena (प्रकरणेन).