4.3.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.26
फलोपदेशो वा प्रधानशब्दसंयोगात्
phalopadeśo vā pradhānaśabdasaṃyogāt
The line
A compound: a fruit, and teaching or, because of a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), a word, 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 line is short. sarva-kāmyam (सर्व-काम्यम्) from 4.3.25 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: phala-upadeśaḥ (फल-उपदेशः) + vā (वा) + pradhāna-śabda-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-शब्द-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| phala-upadeśaḥ (फल-उपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a fruit, and teaching. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| pradhāna-śabda-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-शब्द-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), a word, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
phala-upadeśaḥ (फल-उपदेशः) is a compound: a fruit, and teaching. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it phalopadeśo (फलोपदेशो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
pradhāna-śabda-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-शब्द-संयोगात्) is a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), a word, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pradhāna-śabda-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-शब्द-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it phalopadeśo (फलोपदेशो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss phala-upadeśaḥ (फल-उपदेशः) and pradhāna-śabda-saṃyogāt (प्रधान-शब्द-संयोगात्).
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4.3.27. There, all, because of because there is no difference.