10.3.54
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.54
अपि वा कर्मवैषम्यात्
api vā karmavaiṣamyāt
The line
Even or, because of a compound: action, and vaiṣamya (वैषम्य).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The line is short. samaṃ (समं) from 10.3.53 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + karma-vaiṣamyāt (कर्म-वैषम्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| karma-vaiṣamyāt (कर्म-वैषम्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, and vaiṣamya (वैषम्य). Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
karma-vaiṣamyāt (कर्म-वैषम्यात्) is a compound: action, and vaiṣamya (वैषम्य). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-vaiṣamyāt (कर्म-वैषम्यात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-vaiṣamyāt (कर्म-वैषम्यात्).