4.3.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.22
कामो वा तत्संयोगेन चोद्यते
kāmo vā tatsaṃyogena codyate
The line
Desire or, by means of a compound: that, and conjunction, in codyata (चोद्यत).
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: kāmaḥ (कामः) + vā (वा) + tat-saṃyogena (तत्-संयोगेन) + codyate (चोद्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāmaḥ (कामः) | nominative singular, masculine | desire |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tat-saṃyogena (तत्-संयोगेन) | instrumental singular | a compound: that, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| codyate (चोद्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | codyata (चोद्यत) |
The phrases
kāmaḥ (कामः) is desire. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it kāmo (कामो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
tat-saṃyogena (तत्-संयोगेन) is a compound: that, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular. codyate (चोद्यते) is codyata (चोद्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-saṃyogena (तत्-संयोगेन) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kāmo (कामो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāmaḥ (कामः) and tat-saṃyogena (तत्-संयोगेन).
Next
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