4.4.35
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.35
गुणाश् च नामसंयुक्ता विधीयन्ते नाङ्गेषूषपद्यन्ते
guṇāś ca nāmasaṃyuktā vidhīyante nāṅgeṣūṣapadyante
The line
Qualities and, a compound: by name, indeed, and saṃyukta (संयुक्त), in vidhīyanta (विधीयन्त), not in aṅgeṣūṣapadyanta (अङ्गेषूषपद्यन्त).
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: guṇāḥ (गुणाः) + ca (च) + nāma-saṃyuktā (नाम-संयुक्ता) + vidhīyante (विधीयन्ते) + na (न) + aṅgeṣūṣapadyante (अङ्गेषूषपद्यन्ते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇāḥ (गुणाः) | nominative plural | qualities |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| nāma-saṃyuktā (नाम-संयुक्ता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: by name, indeed, and saṃyukta (संयुक्त). Read it from the end |
| vidhīyante (विधीयन्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vidhīyanta (विधीयन्त) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| aṅgeṣūṣapadyante (अङ्गेषूषपद्यन्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | aṅgeṣūṣapadyanta (अङ्गेषूषपद्यन्त) |
The phrases
guṇāḥ (गुणाः) is qualities. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it guṇāś (गुणाश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. nāma-saṃyuktā (नाम-संयुक्ता) is a compound: by name, indeed, and saṃyukta (संयुक्त). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
vidhīyante (विधीयन्ते) is vidhīyanta (विधीयन्त). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. aṅgeṣūṣapadyante (अङ्गेषूषपद्यन्ते) is aṅgeṣūṣapadyanta (अङ्गेषूषपद्यन्त). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
aṅgeṣūṣapadyante (अङ्गेषूषपद्यन्ते) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it guṇāś (गुणाश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇāḥ (गुणाः) and nāma-saṃyuktā (नाम-संयुक्ता).