3.7.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.36
नियमस् तु दक्षिणाभिः श्रुतिसंयोगात्
niyamas tu dakṣiṇābhiḥ śrutisaṃyogāt
The line
A restriction but, by means of the gift to the priests, because of because of the joining with the direct word.
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: niyamaḥ (नियमः) + tu (तु) + dakṣiṇābhiḥ (दक्षिणाभिः) + śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niyamaḥ (नियमः) | nominative singular, masculine | a restriction |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| dakṣiṇābhiḥ (दक्षिणाभिः) | instrumental plural | the gift to the priests |
| śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) | ablative singular | because of the joining with the direct word |
The phrases
niyamaḥ (नियमः) is a restriction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it niyamas. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
dakṣiṇābhiḥ (दक्षिणाभिः) is the gift to the priests. It stands as instrumental plural. śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is because of the joining with the direct word. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it niyamas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niyamaḥ (नियमः) and dakṣiṇābhiḥ (दक्षिणाभिः).