11.1.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.13
न कर्मसंयोगात् प्रयोजनबशब्ददोषं स्यात्
na karmasaṃyogāt prayojanabaśabdadoṣaṃ syāt
The line
Not because of a compound: action, and conjunction, a compound: a purpose, baśabda (बशब्द), and a fault, 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: na (न) + karma-saṃyogāt (कर्म-संयोगात्) + prayojana-baśabda-doṣaṃ (प्रयोजन-बशब्द-दोषं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| karma-saṃyogāt (कर्म-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| prayojana-baśabda-doṣaṃ (प्रयोजन-बशब्द-दोषं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a purpose, baśabda (बशब्द), and a fault. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. karma-saṃyogāt (कर्म-संयोगात्) is a compound: action, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
prayojana-baśabda-doṣaṃ (प्रयोजन-बशब्द-दोषं) is a compound: a purpose, baśabda (बशब्द), and a fault. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prayojana-baśabda-doṣaṃ (प्रयोजन-बशब्द-दोषं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-saṃyogāt (कर्म-संयोगात्) and prayojana-baśabda-doṣaṃ (प्रयोजन-बशब्द-दोषं).
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