11.1.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.29
क्रतुवच् चानुमानेनाभ्यासे फलभूमा स्यात्
kratuvac cānumānenābhyāse phalabhūmā syāt
The line
A compound: a rite, and vaca (वच), in cānumānenābhyāsa (चानुमानेनाभ्यास), a compound: a fruit, and bhūma (भूम), 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: kratu-vaca (क्रतु-वच) + cānumānenābhyāse (चानुमानेनाभ्यासे) + phala-bhūmā (फल-भूमा) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kratu-vaca (क्रतु-वच) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a rite, and vaca (वच). Read it from the end |
| cānumānenābhyāse (चानुमानेनाभ्यासे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | cānumānenābhyāsa (चानुमानेनाभ्यास) |
| phala-bhūmā (फल-भूमा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: a fruit, and bhūma (भूम). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
kratu-vaca (क्रतु-वच) is a compound: a rite, and vaca (वच). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. cānumānenābhyāse (चानुमानेनाभ्यासे) is cānumānenābhyāsa (चानुमानेनाभ्यास). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
phala-bhūmā (फल-भूमा) is a compound: a fruit, and bhūma (भूम). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cānumānenābhyāse (चानुमानेनाभ्यासे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kratu-vaca (क्रतु-वच) and cānumānenābhyāse (चानुमानेनाभ्यासे).