7.3.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.17
गुणविधिस् तु न गृह्णीयात् समत्वात्
guṇavidhis tu na gṛhṇīyāt samatvāt
The line
A compound: a quality, and vidha (विध) but, not because of gṛhṇīya (गृह्णीय), because of because they are the same.
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: guṇa-vidhiḥ (गुण-विधिः) + tu (तु) + na (न) + gṛhṇīyāt (गृह्णीयात्) + samatvāt (समत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇa-vidhiḥ (गुण-विधिः) | nominative singular | a compound: a quality, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| gṛhṇīyāt (गृह्णीयात्) | ablative singular | gṛhṇīya (गृह्णीय) |
| samatvāt (समत्वात्) | ablative singular | because they are the same |
The phrases
guṇa-vidhiḥ (गुण-विधिः) is a compound: a quality, and vidha (विध). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it guṇavidhis (गुणविधि). tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
gṛhṇīyāt (गृह्णीयात्) is gṛhṇīya (गृह्णीय). It stands as ablative singular. samatvāt (समत्वात्) is because they are the same. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇa-vidhiḥ (गुण-विधिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it guṇavidhis (गुणविधि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇa-vidhiḥ (गुण-विधिः) and gṛhṇīyāt (गृह्णीयात्).