10.8.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.37
सति च नैकदेशेन कर्तुः प्रधानभूतत्वात्
sati ca naikadeśena kartuḥ pradhānabhūtatvāt
The line
In when it is, it being so and, not by means of one part, of an agent, because of because it stands as the main thing.
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: sati (सति) + ca (च) + na (न) + ekadeśena (एकदेशेन) + kartuḥ (कर्तुः) + pradhānabhūtatvāt (प्रधानभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sati (सति) | locative singular, present participle | when it is, it being so |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ekadeśena (एकदेशेन) | instrumental singular | one part |
| kartuḥ (कर्तुः) | genitive or ablative singular, masculine | an agent |
| pradhānabhūtatvāt (प्रधानभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as the main thing |
The phrases
sati (सति) is when it is, it being so. It stands as locative singular, present participle. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
ekadeśena (एकदेशेन) is one part. It stands as instrumental singular. kartuḥ (कर्तुः) is an agent. It stands as genitive or ablative singular, masculine. pradhānabhūtatvāt (प्रधानभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as the main thing. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pradhānabhūtatvāt (प्रधानभूतत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sati (सति) and ekadeśena (एकदेशेन).
Next
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