11.1.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.15
नार्थपृथक्त्वात् समत्वादगुणत्वम्
nārthapṛthaktvāt samatvād aguṇatvam
The line
Not because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and separateness, because of because they are the same, aguṇatva (अगुणत्व).
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) + artha-pṛthaktvāt (अर्थ-पृथक्त्वात्) + samatvāt (समत्वात्) + aguṇatvam (अगुणत्वम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| artha-pṛthaktvāt (अर्थ-पृथक्त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and separateness. Read it from the end |
| samatvāt (समत्वात्) | ablative singular | because they are the same |
| aguṇatvam (अगुणत्वम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | aguṇatva (अगुणत्व) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. artha-pṛthaktvāt (अर्थ-पृथक्त्वात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and separateness. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
samatvāt (समत्वात्) is because they are the same. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it samatvād (समत्वाद्). aguṇatvam (अगुणत्वम्) is aguṇatva (अगुणत्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-pṛthaktvāt (अर्थ-पृथक्त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it samatvād (समत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-pṛthaktvāt (अर्थ-पृथक्त्वात्) and samatvāt (समत्वात्).