7.3.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.22
परिसङ्ख्यर्थं श्रवणं गुणार्थवादो वा
parisaṅkhyarthaṃ śravaṇaṃ guṇārthavādo vā
The line
parisaṅkhyartha (परिसङ्ख्यर्थ), śravaṇa (श्रवण), a compound: a quality, and praise, words that are not the command or.
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: parisaṅkhyarthaṃ (परिसङ्ख्यर्थं) + śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं) + guṇa-arthavādaḥ (गुण-अर्थवादः) + vā (वा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| parisaṅkhyarthaṃ (परिसङ्ख्यर्थं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | parisaṅkhyartha (परिसङ्ख्यर्थ) |
| śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | śravaṇa (श्रवण) |
| guṇa-arthavādaḥ (गुण-अर्थवादः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a quality, and praise, words that are not the command. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
The phrases
parisaṅkhyarthaṃ (परिसङ्ख्यर्थं) is parisaṅkhyartha (परिसङ्ख्यर्थ). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं) is śravaṇa (श्रवण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
guṇa-arthavādaḥ (गुण-अर्थवादः) is a compound: a quality, and praise, words that are not the command. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it guṇārthavādo (गुणार्थवादो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
parisaṅkhyarthaṃ (परिसङ्ख्यर्थं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it guṇārthavādo (गुणार्थवादो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss parisaṅkhyarthaṃ (परिसङ्ख्यर्थं) and śravaṇaṃ (श्रवणं).