3.8.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.13
तथा कामोऽर्थसंयोगात्
tathā kāmo 'rthasaṃyogāt
The line
So, in that way, desire, because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and conjunction.
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 line is short. guṇa-tvāt (गुण-त्वात्) from 3.8.12 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: tathā (तथा) + kāmo (कामो) + artha-saṃyogāt (अर्थ-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| kāmo (कामो) | nominative singular, masculine | desire |
| artha-saṃyogāt (अर्थ-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. kāmo (कामो) is desire. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
artha-saṃyogāt (अर्थ-संयोगात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-saṃyogāt (अर्थ-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāmo (कामो) and artha-saṃyogāt (अर्थ-संयोगात्).