11.1.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.22
सकृत् तु स्यात् कृतार्थत्वादङ्गवत्
sakṛt tu syāt kṛtārthatvād aṅgavat
The line
Once but, it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: made, done, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, and possessing.
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: sakṛt (सकृत्) + tu (तु) + syāt (स्यात्) + kṛta-artha-tvāt (कृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) + aṅga-vat (अङ्ग-वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sakṛt (सकृत्) | indeclinable | once |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| 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 |
| aṅga-vat (अङ्ग-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, and possessing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sakṛt (सकृत्) is once. It stands as indeclinable. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
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). aṅga-vat (अङ्ग-वत्) is a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
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 writes it kṛtārthatvād (कृतार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sakṛt (सकृत्) and syāt (स्यात्).
Next
11.1.23. A compound: a word, and a thing, a meaning and, so, in that way, in the world.