10.4.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.1
प्रकृतिलिङ्गासंयागात् कर्मसंस्कारं विकृतावधिकं स्यात्
prakṛtiliṅgāsaṃyāgāt karmasaṃskāraṃ vikṛtāvadhikaṃ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: nature, what is seen, liṅgā (लिङ्गा), and saṃyāga (संयाग), a compound: action, and a compounded thing, vikṛtāvadhika (विकृतावधिक), it would be, let it be granted.
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: prakṛti-liṅgā-saṃyāgāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्गा-संयागात्) + karma-saṃskāraṃ (कर्म-संस्कारं) + vikṛtāvadhikaṃ (विकृतावधिकं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakṛti-liṅgā-saṃyāgāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्गा-संयागात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, liṅgā (लिङ्गा), and saṃyāga (संयाग). Read it from the end |
| karma-saṃskāraṃ (कर्म-संस्कारं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: action, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end |
| vikṛtāvadhikaṃ (विकृतावधिकं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | vikṛtāvadhika (विकृतावधिक) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
prakṛti-liṅgā-saṃyāgāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्गा-संयागात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, liṅgā (लिङ्गा), and saṃyāga (संयाग). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. karma-saṃskāraṃ (कर्म-संस्कारं) is a compound: action, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine.
vikṛtāvadhikaṃ (विकृतावधिकं) is vikṛtāvadhika (विकृतावधिक). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛti-liṅgā-saṃyāgāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्गा-संयागात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakṛti-liṅgā-saṃyāgāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्गा-संयागात्) and karma-saṃskāraṃ (कर्म-संस्कारं).