11.1.52
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.52
प्रधानकर्मार्थत्वादङ्गानां तद्भेदात् कर्मभेदः प्रयोगे स्यात्
pradhānakarmārthatvād aṅgānāṃ tadbhedāt karmabhedaḥ prayoge syāt
The line
Because of a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), action, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, of a limb, a subsidiary part, because of a compound: that, and a difference, a compound: action, and a difference, in in use, in the performance, 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: pradhāna-karma-artha-tvāt (प्रधान-कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) + aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) + tad-bhedāt (तद्-भेदात्) + karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) + prayoge (प्रयोगे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pradhāna-karma-artha-tvāt (प्रधान-कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), action, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) | genitive plural | a limb, a subsidiary part |
| tad-bhedāt (तद्-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| prayoge (प्रयोगे) | locative singular | in use, in the performance |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
pradhāna-karma-artha-tvāt (प्रधान-कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), action, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it pradhānakarmārthatvād (प्रधानकर्मार्थत्वाद्). aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) is a limb, a subsidiary part. It stands as genitive plural. tad-bhedāt (तद्-भेदात्) is a compound: that, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) is a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. prayoge (प्रयोगे) is in use, in the performance. It stands as locative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pradhāna-karma-artha-tvāt (प्रधान-कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it pradhānakarmārthatvād (प्रधानकर्मार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pradhāna-karma-artha-tvāt (प्रधान-कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) and aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां).