7.2.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.2.8
नार्थाभावाच् छ्रुतेरसंबन्धः
nārthābhāvāc chruter asaṃbandhaḥ
The line
Not because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence, chruter (छ्रुतेर्), asaṃbandha (असंबन्ध).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. Transfer. The details of a model rite are carried to a variant rite, and where that carrying stops. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: na (न) + artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) + chruter (छ्रुतेर्) + asaṃbandhaḥ (असंबन्धः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence. Read it from the end |
| chruter (छ्रुतेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| asaṃbandhaḥ (असंबन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | asaṃbandha (असंबन्ध) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it arthābhāvāc (अर्थाभावाच्).
chruter (छ्रुतेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. asaṃbandhaḥ (असंबन्धः) is asaṃbandha (असंबन्ध). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it arthābhāvāc (अर्थाभावाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) and chruter (छ्रुतेर्).