11.1.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.27
क्रियाणामर्थशेषत्वात् प्रत्यक्षतस् तन्निर्वृत्त्यापवर्गः स्यात्
kriyāṇām arthaśeṣatvāt pratyakṣatas tannirvṛttyāpavargaḥ syāt
The line
Of an act, because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that, a compound: toward, against, and akṣata (अक्षत), tannirvṛttyāpavarga (तन्निर्वृत्त्यापवर्ग), 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: kriyāṇām (क्रियाणाम्) + artha-śeṣa-tvāt (अर्थ-शेष-त्वात्) + prati-akṣataḥ (प्रति-अक्षतः) + tannirvṛttyāpavargaḥ (तन्निर्वृत्त्यापवर्गः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kriyāṇām (क्रियाणाम्) | genitive plural | an act |
| artha-śeṣa-tvāt (अर्थ-शेष-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| prati-akṣataḥ (प्रति-अक्षतः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, and akṣata (अक्षत). Read it from the end |
| tannirvṛttyāpavargaḥ (तन्निर्वृत्त्यापवर्गः) | nominative singular, masculine | tannirvṛttyāpavarga (तन्निर्वृत्त्यापवर्ग) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
kriyāṇām (क्रियाणाम्) is an act. It stands as genitive plural. artha-śeṣa-tvāt (अर्थ-शेष-त्वात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. prati-akṣataḥ (प्रति-अक्षतः) is a compound: toward, against, and akṣata (अक्षत). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it pratyakṣatas (प्रत्यक्षत).
tannirvṛttyāpavargaḥ (तन्निर्वृत्त्यापवर्गः) is tannirvṛttyāpavarga (तन्निर्वृत्त्यापवर्ग). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tannirvṛttyāpavargaḥ (तन्निर्वृत्त्यापवर्गः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it pratyakṣatas (प्रत्यक्षत).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kriyāṇām (क्रियाणाम्) and artha-śeṣa-tvāt (अर्थ-शेष-त्वात्).