10.1.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.1.9
कर्म च द्रव्यसंयोगार्थमर्थाभावान् निवर्तेत तादर्थ्यं श्रुतिसंयोगात्
karma ca dravyasaṃyogārtham arthābhāvān nivarteta tādarthyaṃ śrutisaṃyogāt
The line
An action and, a compound: a substance, conjunction, and a thing, a meaning, a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence, nivarteta (निवर्तेत), being for that, because of because of the joining with the direct word.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: karma (कर्म) + ca (च) + dravya-saṃyoga-artham (द्रव्य-संयोग-अर्थम्) + artha-abhāvān (अर्थ-अभावान्) + nivarteta (निवर्तेत) + tādarthyaṃ (तादर्थ्यं) + śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| dravya-saṃyoga-artham (द्रव्य-संयोग-अर्थम्) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a substance, conjunction, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| artha-abhāvān (अर्थ-अभावान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence. Read it from the end |
| nivarteta (निवर्तेत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tādarthyaṃ (तादर्थ्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | being for that |
| śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) | ablative singular | because of the joining with the direct word |
The phrases
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. dravya-saṃyoga-artham (द्रव्य-संयोग-अर्थम्) is a compound: a substance, conjunction, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. artha-abhāvān (अर्थ-अभावान्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
nivarteta (निवर्तेत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tādarthyaṃ (तादर्थ्यं) is being for that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is because of the joining with the direct word. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dravya-saṃyoga-artham (द्रव्य-संयोग-अर्थम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma (कर्म) and dravya-saṃyoga-artham (द्रव्य-संयोग-अर्थम्).