3.4.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.13
विधिर् वा संयोगान्तरात्
vidhir vā saṃyogāntarāt
The line
An injunction or, because of a compound: conjunction, and a difference, an interval.
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 line is short. a-karma (अ-कर्म) from 3.4.12 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: vidhiḥ (विधिः) + vā (वा) + saṃyoga-antarāt (संयोग-अन्तरात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vidhiḥ (विधिः) | nominative singular | an injunction |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| saṃyoga-antarāt (संयोग-अन्तरात्) | ablative singular | a compound: conjunction, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
The phrases
vidhiḥ (विधिः) is an injunction. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it vidhir. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
saṃyoga-antarāt (संयोग-अन्तरात्) is a compound: conjunction, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃyoga-antarāt (संयोग-अन्तरात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it vidhir.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vidhiḥ (विधिः) and saṃyoga-antarāt (संयोग-अन्तरात्).
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3.4.14. ahīnavat (अहीनवत्), the person, because of because it is for the sake of that.