3.5.47
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.47
फलचमसो नैमित्तिको भक्षविकारः श्रुतिसंयोगात्
phalacamaso naimittiko bhakṣavikāraḥ śrutisaṃyogāt
The line
A compound: a fruit, and camasa (चमस), arising from a special cause, a compound: bhakṣa (भक्ष), and a transformation, because of because of the joining with the direct word.
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: phala-camasaḥ (फल-चमसः) + naimittikaḥ (नैमित्तिकः) + bhakṣa-vikāraḥ (भक्ष-विकारः) + śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| phala-camasaḥ (फल-चमसः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a fruit, and camasa (चमस). Read it from the end |
| naimittikaḥ (नैमित्तिकः) | nominative singular, masculine | arising from a special cause |
| bhakṣa-vikāraḥ (भक्ष-विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: bhakṣa (भक्ष), and a transformation. Read it from the end |
| śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) | ablative singular | because of the joining with the direct word |
The phrases
phala-camasaḥ (फल-चमसः) is a compound: a fruit, and camasa (चमस). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it phalacamaso. naimittikaḥ (नैमित्तिकः) is arising from a special cause. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it naimittiko.
bhakṣa-vikāraḥ (भक्ष-विकारः) is a compound: bhakṣa (भक्ष), and a transformation. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is because of the joining with the direct word. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bhakṣa-vikāraḥ (भक्ष-विकारः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it phalacamaso. The line writes it naimittiko.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss phala-camasaḥ (फल-चमसः) and naimittikaḥ (नैमित्तिकः).