3.4.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.24
स्याद् वास्य संयोगवत् फलेन सम्बन्धस् तस्मात् कर्मैतिशायनः
syād vāsya saṃyogavat phalena sambandhas tasmāt karmaitiśāyanaḥ
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound or, of of this, a compound: conjunction, and possessing, in in the fruit, not a connection, because of from that, karmaitiśāyana (कर्मैतिशायन).
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: syād (स्याद्) + vā (वा) + asya (अस्य) + saṃyoga-vat (संयोग-वत्) + phale (फले) + na (न) + sambandhaḥ (सम्बन्धः) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + karmaitiśāyanaḥ (कर्मैतिशायनः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| asya (अस्य) | genitive singular | of this |
| saṃyoga-vat (संयोग-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: conjunction, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| phale (फले) | locative singular | in the fruit |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| sambandhaḥ (सम्बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | a connection |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| karmaitiśāyanaḥ (कर्मैतिशायनः) | nominative singular, masculine | karmaitiśāyana (कर्मैतिशायन) |
The phrases
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. asya (अस्य) is of this. It stands as genitive singular. The line joins them as vāsya (वास्य). saṃyoga-vat (संयोग-वत्) is a compound: conjunction, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. phale (फले) is in the fruit. It stands as locative singular.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as phalena. sambandhaḥ (सम्बन्धः) is a connection. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it sambandhas. tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular. karmaitiśāyanaḥ (कर्मैतिशायनः) is karmaitiśāyana (कर्मैतिशायन). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
karmaitiśāyanaḥ (कर्मैतिशायनः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as vāsya (वास्य). The line joins them as phalena. The line writes it sambandhas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syād (स्याद्) and asya (अस्य).