3.7.51
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.51
तद्गुणाद् वा स्वधर्मः स्यादधिकारसामथ्यात् सहाङ्गैरव्यक्तः शेषे
tadguṇād vā svadharmaḥ syād adhikārasāmathyāt sahāṅgair avyaktaḥ śeṣe
The line
Because of a quality of that or, a compound: one's own, and dharma, a property, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of a compound: eligibility, sāma (साम), and thya (थ्य), by means of a compound: with, and a limb, a subsidiary part, avyakta (अव्यक्त), in the rest, what remains over.
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: tadguṇāt (तद्गुणात्) + vā (वा) + sva-dharmaḥ (स्व-धर्मः) + syād (स्याद्) + adhikāra-sāma-thyāt (अधिकार-साम-थ्यात्) + saha-aṅgaiḥ (सह-अङ्गैः) + avyaktaḥ (अव्यक्तः) + śeṣe (शेषे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadguṇāt (तद्गुणात्) | ablative singular | a quality of that |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| sva-dharmaḥ (स्व-धर्मः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: one's own, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| adhikāra-sāma-thyāt (अधिकार-साम-थ्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: eligibility, sāma (साम), and thya (थ्य). Read it from the end |
| saha-aṅgaiḥ (सह-अङ्गैः) | instrumental plural | a compound: with, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end |
| avyaktaḥ (अव्यक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | avyakta (अव्यक्त) |
| śeṣe (शेषे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the rest, what remains over |
The phrases
tadguṇāt (तद्गुणात्) is a quality of that. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tadguṇād (तद्गुणाद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. sva-dharmaḥ (स्व-धर्मः) is a compound: one's own, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular.
adhikāra-sāma-thyāt (अधिकार-साम-थ्यात्) is a compound: eligibility, sāma (साम), and thya (थ्य). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. saha-aṅgaiḥ (सह-अङ्गैः) is a compound: with, and a limb, a subsidiary part. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental plural. The line writes it sahāṅgair (सहाङ्गैर्). avyaktaḥ (अव्यक्तः) is avyakta (अव्यक्त). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. śeṣe (शेषे) is the rest, what remains over. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
adhikāra-sāma-thyāt (अधिकार-साम-थ्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tadguṇād (तद्गुणाद्). The line writes it sahāṅgair (सहाङ्गैर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadguṇāt (तद्गुणात्) and sva-dharmaḥ (स्व-धर्मः).