10.8.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.8.41
कर्मणोस् तु प्रकरणे तन्न्यायत्वाद् गुणानां लिङ्गेन कालशास्त्रं स्यात्
karmaṇos tu prakaraṇe tannyāyatvād guṇānāṃ liṅgena kālaśāstraṃ syāt
The line
A compound: action, and ṇosa (णोस) but, in the context, because of a compound: that, the rule, the right way, and the state of being that, of of the qualities, by means of a mark, a compound: time, and a teaching, a treatise, 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: karma-ṇosa (कर्म-णोस) + tu (तु) + prakaraṇe (प्रकरणे) + tat-nyāya-tvāt (तत्-न्याय-त्वात्) + guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) + liṅgena (लिङ्गेन) + kāla-śāstraṃ (काल-शास्त्रं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma-ṇosa (कर्म-णोस) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: action, and ṇosa (णोस). Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| prakaraṇe (प्रकरणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the context |
| tat-nyāya-tvāt (तत्-न्याय-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, the rule, the right way, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) | genitive plural | of the qualities |
| liṅgena (लिङ्गेन) | instrumental singular | a mark |
| kāla-śāstraṃ (काल-शास्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: time, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
karma-ṇosa (कर्म-णोस) is a compound: action, and ṇosa (णोस). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. prakaraṇe (प्रकरणे) is the context. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tat-nyāya-tvāt (तत्-न्याय-त्वात्) is a compound: that, the rule, the right way, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it tannyāyatvād (तन्न्यायत्वाद्).
guṇānāṃ (गुणानां) is of the qualities. It stands as genitive plural. liṅgena (लिङ्गेन) is a mark. It stands as instrumental singular. kāla-śāstraṃ (काल-शास्त्रं) is a compound: time, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end. 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
tat-nyāya-tvāt (तत्-न्याय-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it tannyāyatvād (तन्न्यायत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-ṇosa (कर्म-णोस) and prakaraṇe (प्रकरणे).