3.5.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.25
स्तोत्रकारिणां वा तत्संयोगाद् बहुश्रुतेः
stotrakāriṇāṃ vā tatsaṃyogād bahuśruteḥ
The line
Of stotrakāriṇa (स्तोत्रकारिण) or, because of a compound: that, and conjunction, of a compound: many, and heard.
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: stotrakāriṇāṃ (स्तोत्रकारिणां) + vā (वा) + tat-saṃyogāt (तत्-संयोगात्) + bahu-śruteḥ (बहु-श्रुतेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| stotrakāriṇāṃ (स्तोत्रकारिणां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | stotrakāriṇa (स्तोत्रकारिण) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tat-saṃyogāt (तत्-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| bahu-śruteḥ (बहु-श्रुतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: many, and heard. Read it from the end |
The phrases
stotrakāriṇāṃ (स्तोत्रकारिणां) is stotrakāriṇa (स्तोत्रकारिण). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tat-saṃyogāt (तत्-संयोगात्) is a compound: that, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tatsaṃyogād (तत्संयोगाद्). bahu-śruteḥ (बहु-श्रुतेः) is a compound: many, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
stotrakāriṇāṃ (स्तोत्रकारिणां) is genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it tatsaṃyogād (तत्संयोगाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss stotrakāriṇāṃ (स्तोत्रकारिणां) and tat-saṃyogāt (तत्-संयोगात्).