3.4.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.23
द्रव्यसंयोगाच् च
dravyasaṃyogāc ca
The line
Because of a compound: a substance, and conjunction and.
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. veda-saṃyogāt (वेद-संयोगात्) from 3.4.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: dravya-saṃyogāt (द्रव्य-संयोगात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravya-saṃyogāt (द्रव्य-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a substance, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
dravya-saṃyogāt (द्रव्य-संयोगात्) is a compound: a substance, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it dravyasaṃyogāc (द्रव्यसंयोगाच्).
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
dravya-saṃyogāt (द्रव्य-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it dravyasaṃyogāc (द्रव्यसंयोगाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravya-saṃyogāt (द्रव्य-संयोगात्).