10.6.64
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.64
ज्यौतिष्टोम्यस् तु दक्षिणाः सर्वासामेककर्मत्वात् प्रकृतिवत् तस्मान् नासां विकारः स्यात्
jyautiṣṭomyas tu dakṣiṇāḥ sarvāsām ekakarmatvāt prakṛtivat tasmān nāsāṃ vikāraḥ syāt
The line
jyautiṣṭomyas (ज्यौतिष्टोम्य) but, the gift to the priests, of sarvāsa (सर्वास), because of a compound: one, action, and the state of being that, like the model, therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before n, of nāsa (नास), a transformation, 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: jyautiṣṭomyas (ज्यौतिष्टोम्य) + tu (तु) + dakṣiṇāḥ (दक्षिणाः) + sarvāsām (सर्वासाम्) + eka-karma-tvāt (एक-कर्म-त्वात्) + prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) + tasmān (तस्मान्) + nāsāṃ (नासां) + vikāraḥ (विकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jyautiṣṭomyas (ज्यौतिष्टोम्य) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| dakṣiṇāḥ (दक्षिणाः) | nominative plural | the gift to the priests |
| sarvāsām (सर्वासाम्) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | sarvāsa (सर्वास) |
| eka-karma-tvāt (एक-कर्म-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one, action, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) | indeclinable | like the model |
| tasmān (तस्मान्) | indeclinable | therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before n |
| nāsāṃ (नासां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | nāsa (नास) |
| vikāraḥ (विकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a transformation |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
jyautiṣṭomyas (ज्यौतिष्टोम्य) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. dakṣiṇāḥ (दक्षिणाः) is the gift to the priests. It stands as nominative plural. sarvāsām (सर्वासाम्) is sarvāsa (सर्वास). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. eka-karma-tvāt (एक-कर्म-त्वात्) is a compound: one, action, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is like the model. It stands as indeclinable. tasmān (तस्मान्) is therefore. tasmāt (तस्मात्) before n. It stands as indeclinable. nāsāṃ (नासां) is nāsa (नास). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. vikāraḥ (विकारः) is a transformation. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
eka-karma-tvāt (एक-कर्म-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jyautiṣṭomyas (ज्यौतिष्टोम्य) and dakṣiṇāḥ (दक्षिणाः).