4.2.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.30
अपि वोत्पत्तिसंयोगादर्थसम्बन्धोऽविशिष्टानां प्रयोगैकत्वहेतुः स्यात्
api votpattisaṃyogād arthasambandho 'viśiṣṭānāṃ prayogaikatvahetuḥ syāt
The line
Even, because of a compound: or, arising, the origin, and conjunction, a compound: a thing, a meaning, and a connection, of not set apart, prayogaikatvaheta (प्रयोगैकत्वहेत), it would be, let it be granted.
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: api (अपि) + vā-utpatti-saṃyogāt (वा-उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) + artha-sambandho (अर्थ-सम्बन्धो) + aviśiṣṭānāṃ (अविशिष्टानां) + prayogaikatvahetuḥ (प्रयोगैकत्वहेतुः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā-utpatti-saṃyogāt (वा-उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, arising, the origin, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| artha-sambandho (अर्थ-सम्बन्धो) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and a connection. Read it from the end |
| aviśiṣṭānāṃ (अविशिष्टानां) | genitive plural | not set apart |
| prayogaikatvahetuḥ (प्रयोगैकत्वहेतुः) | nominative singular | prayogaikatvaheta (प्रयोगैकत्वहेत) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā-utpatti-saṃyogāt (वा-उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) is a compound: or, arising, the origin, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it votpattisaṃyogād (वोत्पत्तिसंयोगाद्). artha-sambandho (अर्थ-सम्बन्धो) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and a connection. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
aviśiṣṭānāṃ (अविशिष्टानां) is not set apart. It stands as genitive plural. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. prayogaikatvahetuḥ (प्रयोगैकत्वहेतुः) is prayogaikatvaheta (प्रयोगैकत्वहेत). It stands as nominative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vā-utpatti-saṃyogāt (वा-उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it votpattisaṃyogād (वोत्पत्तिसंयोगाद्). The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vā-utpatti-saṃyogāt (वा-उत्पत्ति-संयोगात्) and artha-sambandho (अर्थ-सम्बन्धो).