10.2.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.4
क्रियेत वार्थवादत्वात् तयोः संसर्गहेतुत्वात्
kriyeta vārthavādatvāt tayoḥ saṃsargahetutvāt
The line
Would be done, because of a compound: or, praise, words that are not the command, and the state of being that, of of the two, in the two, because of a compound: contact, a reason, and the state of being that.
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: kriyeta (क्रियेत) + vā-arthavāda-tvāt (वा-अर्थवाद-त्वात्) + tayoḥ (तयोः) + saṃsarga-hetu-tvāt (संसर्ग-हेतु-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kriyeta (क्रियेत) | optative, third person singular | would be done |
| vā-arthavāda-tvāt (वा-अर्थवाद-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, praise, words that are not the command, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tayoḥ (तयोः) | genitive or locative dual | of the two, in the two |
| saṃsarga-hetu-tvāt (संसर्ग-हेतु-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: contact, a reason, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kriyeta (क्रियेत) is would be done. It stands as optative, third person singular. vā-arthavāda-tvāt (वा-अर्थवाद-त्वात्) is a compound: or, praise, words that are not the command, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
tayoḥ (तयोः) is of the two, in the two. It stands as genitive or locative dual. saṃsarga-hetu-tvāt (संसर्ग-हेतु-त्वात्) is a compound: contact, a reason, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃsarga-hetu-tvāt (संसर्ग-हेतु-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kriyeta (क्रियेत) and vā-arthavāda-tvāt (वा-अर्थवाद-त्वात्).