6.5.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.5.21
सान्नाय्यसंयोगान् नासन्नायतः स्यात्
sānnāyyasaṃyogān nāsannāyataḥ syāt
The line
A compound: sānnāyya (सान्नाय्य), and conjunction, not a compound: what is not, and nāyata (नायत), it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. Who may perform. Eligibility, and the way substances are tied to an act. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sānnāyya-saṃyogān (सान्नाय्य-संयोगान्) + na (न) + asat-nāyataḥ (असत्-नायतः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sānnāyya-saṃyogān (सान्नाय्य-संयोगान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: sānnāyya (सान्नाय्य), and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| asat-nāyataḥ (असत्-नायतः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: what is not, and nāyata (नायत). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
sānnāyya-saṃyogān (सान्नाय्य-संयोगान्) is a compound: sānnāyya (सान्नाय्य), and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
asat-nāyataḥ (असत्-नायतः) is a compound: what is not, and nāyata (नायत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sānnāyya-saṃyogān (सान्नाय्य-संयोगान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sānnāyya-saṃyogān (सान्नाय्य-संयोगान्) and asat-nāyataḥ (असत्-नायतः).
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