3.6.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.10
नैमित्तिकं तु प्रकृतौ तद्विकारः संयोगविशेषात्
naimittikaṃ tu prakṛtau tadvikāraḥ saṃyogaviśeṣāt
The line
Arising from a special cause but, in in nature, in the model rite, that, a transformation, because of a compound: conjunction, and a difference.
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: naimittikaṃ (नैमित्तिकं) + tu (तु) + prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) + tad (तद्) + vikāraḥ (विकारः) + saṃyoga-viśeṣāt (संयोग-विशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| naimittikaṃ (नैमित्तिकं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | arising from a special cause |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) | locative singular | in nature, in the model rite |
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| saṃyoga-viśeṣāt (संयोग-विशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: conjunction, and a difference. Read it from the end |
The phrases
naimittikaṃ (नैमित्तिकं) is arising from a special cause. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ) is in nature, in the model rite. It stands as locative singular.
tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as tadvikāraḥ (तद्विकारः). saṃyoga-viśeṣāt (संयोग-विशेषात्) is a compound: conjunction, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃyoga-viśeṣāt (संयोग-विशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as tadvikāraḥ (तद्विकारः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss naimittikaṃ (नैमित्तिकं) and prakṛtau (प्रकृतौ).