4.2.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.25
तथा द्रव्येषु गुणश्रुतिरुत्पत्तिसंयोगात्
tathā dravyeṣu guṇaśrutir utpattisaṃyogāt
The line
So, in that way, in a substance, a compound: a quality, and heard, because of a compound: arising, the origin, and conjunction.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tathā (तथा) + dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु) + guṇa-śrutiḥ (गुण-श्रुतिः) + utpatti-saṃyogāt (उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु) | locative plural | a substance |
| guṇa-śrutiḥ (गुण-श्रुतिः) | nominative singular | a compound: a quality, and heard. Read it from the end |
| utpatti-saṃyogāt (उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: arising, the origin, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु) is a substance. It stands as locative plural.
guṇa-śrutiḥ (गुण-श्रुतिः) is a compound: a quality, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it guṇaśrutir (गुणश्रुतिर्). utpatti-saṃyogāt (उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) is a compound: arising, the origin, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
utpatti-saṃyogāt (उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇaśrutir (गुणश्रुतिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravyeṣu (द्रव्येषु) and guṇa-śrutiḥ (गुण-श्रुतिः).
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