3.6.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.36
नैमित्तिकमतुल्यत्वादसमानविथानां स्यात्
naimittikam atulyatvād asamānavithānāṃ syāt
The line
Arising from a special cause, because of atulyatva (अतुल्यत्व), of asamānavitha (असमानविथ), 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: naimittikam (नैमित्तिकम्) + atulyatvād (अतुल्यत्वाद्) + asamānavithānāṃ (असमानविथानां) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| naimittikam (नैमित्तिकम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | arising from a special cause |
| atulyatvād (अतुल्यत्वाद्) | ablative singular | atulyatva (अतुल्यत्व) |
| asamānavithānāṃ (असमानविथानां) | genitive plural | asamānavitha (असमानविथ) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
naimittikam (नैमित्तिकम्) is arising from a special cause. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. atulyatvād (अतुल्यत्वाद्) is atulyatva (अतुल्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
asamānavithānāṃ (असमानविथानां) is asamānavitha (असमानविथ). It stands as genitive plural. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
asamānavithānāṃ (असमानविथानां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss naimittikam (नैमित्तिकम्) and atulyatvād (अतुल्यत्वाद्).