3.6.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.33
संयुक्तं वा तदर्थत्वाच् छेषस्य तन्निमित्तत्वात्
saṃyuktaṃ vā tadarthatvāc cheṣasya tannimittatvāt
The line
saṃyukta (संयुक्त) or, because of because it is for the sake of that, of cheṣa (छेष), because of a compound: that, the efficient ground, 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: saṃyuktaṃ (संयुक्तं) + vā (वा) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) + cheṣasya (छेषस्य) + tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃyuktaṃ (संयुक्तं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | saṃyukta (संयुक्त) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
| cheṣasya (छेषस्य) | genitive singular | cheṣa (छेष) |
| tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃyuktaṃ (संयुक्तं) is saṃyukta (संयुक्त). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tadarthatvāc (तदर्थत्वाच्).
cheṣasya (छेषस्य) is cheṣa (छेष). It stands as genitive singular. tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tadarthatvāc (तदर्थत्वाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃyuktaṃ (संयुक्तं) and tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्).
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