3.5.34
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.34
स्याद् वा कारणभावादनिर्देशश् चमसानां कर्तुस् तद्वचनत्वात्
syād vā kāraṇabhāvād anirdeśaś camasānāṃ kartus tadvacanatvāt
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound or, because of a compound: a cause, and a state, not a statement of what the rule is, of camasa (चमस), of an agent, because of a compound: that, a statement, and the state of being that.
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) + kāraṇa-bhāvāt (कारण-भावात्) + a-nirdeśaḥ (अ-निर्देशः) + camasānāṃ (चमसानां) + kartuḥ (कर्तुः) + tad-vacana-tvāt (तद्-वचन-त्वात्)
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 |
| kāraṇa-bhāvāt (कारण-भावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a cause, and a state. Read it from the end |
| a-nirdeśaḥ (अ-निर्देशः) | nominative singular, masculine | not a statement of what the rule is |
| camasānāṃ (चमसानां) | genitive plural | camasa (चमस) |
| kartuḥ (कर्तुः) | genitive or ablative singular, masculine | an agent |
| tad-vacana-tvāt (तद्-वचन-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, a statement, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
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. kāraṇa-bhāvāt (कारण-भावात्) is a compound: a cause, and a state. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kāraṇabhāvād (कारणभावाद्). a-nirdeśaḥ (अ-निर्देशः) is not a statement of what the rule is. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it nirdeśaś (निर्देशश्).
camasānāṃ (चमसानां) is camasa (चमस). It stands as genitive plural. kartuḥ (कर्तुः) is an agent. It stands as genitive or ablative singular, masculine. The line writes it kartus. tad-vacana-tvāt (तद्-वचन-त्वात्) is a compound: that, a statement, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tad-vacana-tvāt (तद्-वचन-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kāraṇabhāvād (कारणभावाद्). The line writes it nirdeśaś (निर्देशश्). The line writes it kartus.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syād (स्याद्) and kāraṇa-bhāvāt (कारण-भावात्).
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3.5.35. In camasa (चमस), because of a compound: and, other, and seeing.