10.3.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.18
संस्कारे तु क्रियान्तर तस्य विधायकत्वात्
saṃskāre tu kriyāntara tasya vidhāyakatvāt
The line
In a compounded thing but, a compound: an act, and a difference, an interval, of of that, his, because of vidhāyakatva (विधायकत्व).
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: saṃskāre (संस्कारे) + tu (तु) + kriyā-antara (क्रिया-अन्तर) + tasya (तस्य) + vidhāyakatvāt (विधायकत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskāre (संस्कारे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compounded thing |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| kriyā-antara (क्रिया-अन्तर) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an act, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
| vidhāyakatvāt (विधायकत्वात्) | ablative singular | vidhāyakatva (विधायकत्व) |
The phrases
saṃskāre (संस्कारे) is a compounded thing. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. kriyā-antara (क्रिया-अन्तर) is a compound: an act, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular. vidhāyakatvāt (विधायकत्वात्) is vidhāyakatva (विधायकत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vidhāyakatvāt (विधायकत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskāre (संस्कारे) and kriyā-antara (क्रिया-अन्तर).
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