1.2.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.17
फलस्य कर्मनिष्पत्तेस् तेषां लोकवत् परिमाणतः फलविशेषः स्यात्
phalasya karmaniṣpattes teṣāṃ lokavat parimāṇataḥ phalaviśeṣaḥ syāt
The line
Because the fruit arises from the act, a distinct fruit for those would be according to a measure, as in the world.
नेपालीमा
फल कर्मबाट उठ्ने भएकाले तिनीहरूको छुट्टै फल नाप अनुसार हुनेछ, लोकमा जस्तै।
Where it sits
Teṣām (तेषाम्) are the fruit-sentences of this section, especially the pūrṇāhuti (पूर्णाहुति) sentence of 1.2.4 and 1.2.16. Phala returns from 1.2.3. Karma remains the source of the fruit.
Split: phalasya (फलस्य) + karma-niṣpatteḥ (कर्म-निष्पत्तेः) + teṣām (तेषाम्) + loka-vat (लोक-वत्) + parimāṇataḥ (परिमाणतः) + phala-viśeṣaḥ (फल-विशेषः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| phalasya (फलस्य) | genitive singular, neuter | of the fruit |
| karma-niṣpatteḥ (कर्म-निष्पत्तेः) | ablative singular, feminine | from the arising out of the act |
| teṣām (तेषाम्) | genitive plural, masculine | of those rites, of those sentences |
| loka-vat (लोक-वत्) | indeclinable | as in the world |
| parimāṇataḥ (परिमाणतः) | indeclinable | according to a measure |
| phala-viśeṣaḥ (फल-विशेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a distinct fruit |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular, active | there would be |
The phrases
Take the sentence about the pūrṇāhuti (पूर्णाहुति) along with what has been said. Even if it is an injunction, it is still meaningful.
The fruit arises from the act. For those rites there is then a distinct fruit, by a measure, or by the core of the statement, as results in ordinary life are measured. One act does not swallow the fruits of the others. The sentence stays useful either as praise or as a measured result of its own act.
Sanskrit in this line
Parimāṇataḥ (परिमाणतः) is an indeclinable in tas, by measure. Lokavat is like the world. The pāṭha (पाठ) joins lokavatparimāṇataḥ (लोकवत्परिमाणतः). The line keeps them as two words. Niṣpatti (निष्पत्ति) is the coming-to-be of the fruit from the karma (कर्म).
Say it back
State the point: a fruit-sentence, even if injunctive, gives a measured result of its own act.