11.1.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.11
एकेनापि समाप्येत कृतार्थत्वाद् यथा क्रत्वन्तरेषु प्राप्तेषु चोत्तरावत् स्यात्
ekenāpi samāpyeta kṛtārthatvād yathā kratvantareṣu prāpteṣu cottarāvat syāt
The line
Some, not even, samāpyeta (समाप्येत), because of a compound: made, done, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, as, in a compound: a rite, and a difference, an interval, in what already follows, cottarāvat (चोत्तरावत्), it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: eke (एके) + na (न) + api (अपि) + samāpyeta (समाप्येत) + kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) + yathā (यथा) + kratu-antareṣu (क्रतु-अन्तरेषु) + prāpteṣu (प्राप्तेषु) + cottarāvat (चोत्तरावत्) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| eke (एके) | nominative plural, masculine | some |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| samāpyeta (समाप्येत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: made, done, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| kratu-antareṣu (क्रतु-अन्तरेषु) | locative plural | a compound: a rite, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| prāpteṣu (प्राप्तेषु) | locative plural | what already follows |
| cottarāvat (चोत्तरावत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
eke (एके) is some. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as ekena. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as ekenāpi (एकेनापि). samāpyeta (समाप्येत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: made, done, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kṛtārthatvād (कृतार्थत्वाद्).
yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable. kratu-antareṣu (क्रतु-अन्तरेषु) is a compound: a rite, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as locative plural. prāpteṣu (प्राप्तेषु) is what already follows. It stands as locative plural. cottarāvat (चोत्तरावत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as ekena. The line joins it on as ekenāpi (एकेनापि). The line writes it kṛtārthatvād (कृतार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss eke (एके) and samāpyeta (समाप्येत).
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