3.6.47
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.47
गुणविशेषादेकस्य व्यपदेशः
guṇaviśeṣād ekasya vyapadeśaḥ
The line
Because of a compound: a quality, and a difference, of one, a designation.
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: guṇa-viśeṣāt (गुण-विशेषात्) + ekasya (एकस्य) + vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇa-viśeṣāt (गुण-विशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| ekasya (एकस्य) | genitive singular | one |
| vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a designation |
The phrases
guṇa-viśeṣāt (गुण-विशेषात्) is a compound: a quality, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it guṇaviśeṣād (गुणविशेषाद्). ekasya (एकस्य) is one. It stands as genitive singular.
vyapadeśaḥ (व्यपदेशः) is a designation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇa-viśeṣāt (गुण-विशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇaviśeṣād (गुणविशेषाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇa-viśeṣāt (गुण-विशेषात्) and ekasya (एकस्य).