10.6.53
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.53
कर्तृसंस्कारो वचनादाधातृवदिति चेत्
kartṛsaṃskāro vacanād ādhātṛvad iti cet
The line
If you say that a compound: an agent, and a compounded thing, because of because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound, ādhātṛvad (आधातृवद्), then.
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: kartṛ-saṃskāraḥ (कर्तृ-संस्कारः) + vacanād (वचनाद्) + ādhātṛvad (आधातृवद्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kartṛ-saṃskāraḥ (कर्तृ-संस्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: an agent, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end |
| vacanād (वचनाद्) | ablative singular | because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound |
| ādhātṛvad (आधातृवद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
kartṛ-saṃskāraḥ (कर्तृ-संस्कारः) is a compound: an agent, and a compounded thing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it kartṛsaṃskāro (कर्तृसंस्कारो). vacanād (वचनाद्) is because of a statement. vacanāt (वचनात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as ablative singular. ādhātṛvad (आधातृवद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
kartṛ-saṃskāraḥ (कर्तृ-संस्कारः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kartṛsaṃskāro (कर्तृसंस्कारो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kartṛ-saṃskāraḥ (कर्तृ-संस्कारः) and vacanād (वचनाद्).