10.8.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.13
अक्रतुयुक्तानां वा धर्मः स्यात् क्रतोः प्रत्यक्षशिष्टत्वात्
akratuyuktānāṃ vā dharmaḥ syāt kratoḥ pratyakṣaśiṣṭatvāt
The line
Of a compound: akratu (अक्रतु), and fit, right or, dharma, it would be, let it be granted, of a rite, because of a compound: direct, and śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व).
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: akratu-yuktānāṃ (अक्रतु-युक्तानां) + vā (वा) + dharmaḥ (धर्मः) + syāt (स्यात्) + kratoḥ (क्रतोः) + pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| akratu-yuktānāṃ (अक्रतु-युक्तानां) | genitive plural | a compound: akratu (अक्रतु), and fit, right. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| dharmaḥ (धर्मः) | nominative singular, masculine | dharma |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| kratoḥ (क्रतोः) | genitive or ablative singular | a rite |
| pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: direct, and śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
akratu-yuktānāṃ (अक्रतु-युक्तानां) is a compound: akratu (अक्रतु), and fit, right. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive plural. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. dharmaḥ (धर्मः) is dharma. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. kratoḥ (क्रतोः) is a rite. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्) is a compound: direct, and śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss akratu-yuktānāṃ (अक्रतु-युक्तानां) and dharmaḥ (धर्मः).