10.5.61
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.61
निमित्तविघाताद् वा क्रतुयुक्तस्य कर्म स्यात्
nimittavighātād vā kratuyuktasya karma syāt
The line
Because of a compound: the efficient ground, and a blocking or, of a compound: a rite, and fit, right, an action, 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: nimitta-vighātāt (निमित्त-विघातात्) + vā (वा) + kratu-yuktasya (क्रतु-युक्तस्य) + karma (कर्म) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nimitta-vighātāt (निमित्त-विघातात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the efficient ground, and a blocking. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kratu-yuktasya (क्रतु-युक्तस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: a rite, and fit, right. Read it from the end |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
nimitta-vighātāt (निमित्त-विघातात्) is a compound: the efficient ground, and a blocking. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it nimittavighātād (निमित्तविघाताद्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. kratu-yuktasya (क्रतु-युक्तस्य) is a compound: a rite, and fit, right. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as 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
nimitta-vighātāt (निमित्त-विघातात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it nimittavighātād (निमित्तविघाताद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nimitta-vighātāt (निमित्त-विघातात्) and kratu-yuktasya (क्रतु-युक्तस्य).