10.2.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.36
प्रतिषेधश् च कर्मवत्
pratiṣedhaś ca karmavat
The line
A denial and, an action, like.
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: pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) + ca (च) + karma (कर्म) + vat (वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a denial |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| vat (वत्) | indeclinable | like |
The phrases
pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) is a denial. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it pratiṣedhaś (प्रतिषेधश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vat (वत्) is like. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as karmavat.
Sanskrit in this line
pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pratiṣedhaś (प्रतिषेधश्). The line joins them as karmavat.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pratiṣedhaḥ (प्रतिषेधः) and karma (कर्म).