10.2.49b
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.49b
क्रत्वर्थं तु क्रियेत गुणभूतत्वात्
kratvarthaṃ tu kriyeta guṇabhūtatvāt
The line
A compound: a rite, and a thing, a meaning but, would be done, because of because it stands as a subordinate.
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: kratu-arthaṃ (क्रतु-अर्थं) + tu (तु) + kriyeta (क्रियेत) + guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kratu-arthaṃ (क्रतु-अर्थं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a rite, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| kriyeta (क्रियेत) | optative, third person singular | would be done |
| guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as a subordinate |
The phrases
kratu-arthaṃ (क्रतु-अर्थं) is a compound: a rite, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
kriyeta (क्रियेत) is would be done. It stands as optative, third person singular. guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as a subordinate. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The file numbers this line 10.2.49, the same number as the previous line. It is kept here as 10.2.49b.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kratu-arthaṃ (क्रतु-अर्थं) and kriyeta (क्रियेत).