11.1.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.5
अङ्गानां तु शब्दभेदात् क्रतुवत् स्यात् फलानयत्वम्
aṅgānāṃ tu śabdabhedāt kratuvat syāt phalānayatvam
The line
Of a limb, a subsidiary part but, because of a compound: a word, and a difference, a compound: a rite, and possessing, it would be, let it be granted, a compound: phalā (फला), a standpoint, and tvama (त्वम).
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: aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) + tu (तु) + śabda-bhedāt (शब्द-भेदात्) + kratu-vat (क्रतु-वत्) + syāt (स्यात्) + phalā-naya-tvama (फला-नय-त्वम)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) | genitive plural | a limb, a subsidiary part |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| śabda-bhedāt (शब्द-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a word, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| kratu-vat (क्रतु-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a rite, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| phalā-naya-tvama (फला-नय-त्वम) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: phalā (फला), a standpoint, and tvama (त्वम). Read it from the end |
The phrases
aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) is a limb, a subsidiary part. It stands as genitive plural. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. śabda-bhedāt (शब्द-भेदात्) is a compound: a word, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
kratu-vat (क्रतु-वत्) is a compound: a rite, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. phalā-naya-tvama (फला-नय-त्वम) is a compound: phalā (फला), a standpoint, and tvama (त्वम). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
phalā-naya-tvama (फला-नय-त्वम) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) and śabda-bhedāt (शब्द-भेदात्).