3.6.43
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.43
विकासस् तु कामसंयोगे नित्यस्य समत्वात्
vikāsas tu kāmasaṃyoge nityasya samatvāt
The line
vikāsas (विकास) but, in a compound: desire, and conjunction, of eternal, because of because they are the same.
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: vikāsas (विकास) + tu (तु) + kāma-saṃyoge (काम-संयोगे) + nityasya (नित्यस्य) + samatvāt (समत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikāsas (विकास) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| kāma-saṃyoge (काम-संयोगे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: desire, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| nityasya (नित्यस्य) | genitive singular | eternal |
| samatvāt (समत्वात्) | ablative singular | because they are the same |
The phrases
vikāsas (विकास) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. kāma-saṃyoge (काम-संयोगे) is a compound: desire, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
nityasya (नित्यस्य) is eternal. It stands as genitive singular. samatvāt (समत्वात्) is because they are the same. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kāma-saṃyoge (काम-संयोगे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikāsas (विकास) and kāma-saṃyoge (काम-संयोगे).