3.8.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.12
गुणत्वाच् च वेदेन न व्यवस्था स्यात्
guṇatvāc ca vedena na vyavasthā syāt
The line
Because of a compound: a quality, and the state of being that and, by means of the Veda, not a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing, it would be, let it be granted.
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-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) + ca (च) + vedena (वेदेन) + na (न) + vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| vedena (वेदेन) | instrumental singular | the Veda |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| 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 |
The phrases
guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) is a compound: a quality, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it guṇatvāc (गुणत्वाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. vedena (वेदेन) is the Veda. It stands as instrumental singular.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. 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.
Sanskrit in this line
vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇatvāc (गुणत्वाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) and vedena (वेदेन).
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