3.7.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.40
तत्सयोगात् कर्मणो व्यवस्था स्यात् संयोगास्यार्थवत्वात्
tatsayogāt karmaṇo vyavasthā syāt saṃyogāsyārthavatvāt
The line
Because of a compound: tatsa (तत्स), and a joining, of of the action, from the action, a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing, it would be, let it be granted, because of saṃyogāsyārthavatva (संयोगास्यार्थवत्व).
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: tatsa-yogāt (तत्स-योगात्) + karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) + vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) + syāt (स्यात्) + saṃyogāsyārthavatvāt (संयोगास्यार्थवत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatsa-yogāt (तत्स-योगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: tatsa (तत्स), and a joining. Read it from the end |
| karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) | genitive or ablative singular | of the action, from the action |
| vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| saṃyogāsyārthavatvāt (संयोगास्यार्थवत्वात्) | ablative singular | saṃyogāsyārthavatva (संयोगास्यार्थवत्व) |
The phrases
tatsa-yogāt (तत्स-योगात्) is a compound: tatsa (तत्स), and a joining. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) is of the action, from the action. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it karmaṇo (कर्मणो). vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) is a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. saṃyogāsyārthavatvāt (संयोगास्यार्थवत्वात्) is saṃyogāsyārthavatva (संयोगास्यार्थवत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃyogāsyārthavatvāt (संयोगास्यार्थवत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it karmaṇo (कर्मणो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tatsa-yogāt (तत्स-योगात्) and karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः).