11.1.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.42
प्रथमं वा नियम्येत कारणादतिक्रमः स्यात्
prathamaṃ vā niyamyeta kāraṇād atikramaḥ syāt
The line
First or, would be restricted, because of from a cause, atikrama (अतिक्रम), 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: prathamaṃ (प्रथमं) + vā (वा) + niyamyeta (नियम्येत) + kāraṇāt (कारणात्) + atikramaḥ (अतिक्रमः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prathamaṃ (प्रथमं) | accusative singular, masculine | first |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| niyamyeta (नियम्येत) | optative, third person singular | would be restricted |
| kāraṇāt (कारणात्) | ablative singular | from a cause |
| atikramaḥ (अतिक्रमः) | nominative singular, masculine | atikrama (अतिक्रम) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
prathamaṃ (प्रथमं) is first. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. niyamyeta (नियम्येत) is would be restricted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
kāraṇāt (कारणात्) is from a cause. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kāraṇād (कारणाद्). atikramaḥ (अतिक्रमः) is atikrama (अतिक्रम). 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
prathamaṃ (प्रथमं) is accusative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kāraṇād (कारणाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prathamaṃ (प्रथमं) and niyamyeta (नियम्येत).
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