3.6.28
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.28
दोहयोः कालभेदादसंयुक्तं शृतं स्यात्
dohayoḥ kālabhedād asaṃyuktaṃ śṛtaṃ syāt
The line
Of doha (दोह), because of a difference of time, asaṃyukta (असंयुक्त), śṛta (शृत), it would be, let it be granted.
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: dohayoḥ (दोहयोः) + kālabhedāt (कालभेदात्) + asaṃyuktaṃ (असंयुक्तं) + śṛtaṃ (शृतं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dohayoḥ (दोहयोः) | genitive or locative dual | doha (दोह) |
| kālabhedāt (कालभेदात्) | ablative singular | a difference of time |
| asaṃyuktaṃ (असंयुक्तं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | asaṃyukta (असंयुक्त) |
| śṛtaṃ (शृतं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | śṛta (शृत) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
dohayoḥ (दोहयोः) is doha (दोह). It stands as genitive or locative dual. kālabhedāt (कालभेदात्) is a difference of time. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kālabhedād (कालभेदाद्). asaṃyuktaṃ (असंयुक्तं) is asaṃyukta (असंयुक्त). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
śṛtaṃ (शृतं) is śṛta (शृत). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kālabhedāt (कालभेदात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kālabhedād (कालभेदाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dohayoḥ (दोहयोः) and kālabhedāt (कालभेदात्).