10.2.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.13
भक्षाणां तु प्रत्यर्थत्वादकर्म स्यात्
bhakṣāṇāṃ tu pratyarthatvād akarma syāt
The line
Of bhakṣa (भक्ष) but, because of a compound: toward, against, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, not an action, it would be, let it be granted.
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: bhakṣāṇāṃ (भक्षाणां) + tu (तु) + prati-artha-tvāt (प्रति-अर्थ-त्वात्) + a-karma (अ-कर्म) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhakṣāṇāṃ (भक्षाणां) | genitive plural | bhakṣa (भक्ष) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| prati-artha-tvāt (प्रति-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: toward, against, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| a-karma (अ-कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | not an action |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
bhakṣāṇāṃ (भक्षाणां) is bhakṣa (भक्ष). It stands as genitive plural. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. prati-artha-tvāt (प्रति-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: toward, against, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pratyarthatvād (प्रत्यर्थत्वाद्).
a-karma (अ-कर्म) is not an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-artha-tvāt (प्रति-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pratyarthatvād (प्रत्यर्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhakṣāṇāṃ (भक्षाणां) and prati-artha-tvāt (प्रति-अर्थ-त्वात्).