11.1.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.6
अर्थभेदस् तु तत्राथेहैकार्थ्यादैककर्म्यम्
arthabhedas tu tatrāthehaikārthyād aikakarmyam
The line
A compound: a thing, a meaning, and a difference but, because of tatrāthehaikārthya (तत्राथेहैकार्थ्य), being one and the same act.
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: artha-bhedaḥ (अर्थ-भेदः) + tu (तु) + tatrāthehaikārthyād (तत्राथेहैकार्थ्याद्) + aikakarmyam (ऐककर्म्यम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-bhedaḥ (अर्थ-भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| tatrāthehaikārthyād (तत्राथेहैकार्थ्याद्) | ablative singular | tatrāthehaikārthya (तत्राथेहैकार्थ्य) |
| aikakarmyam (ऐककर्म्यम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | being one and the same act |
The phrases
artha-bhedaḥ (अर्थ-भेदः) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it arthabhedas. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
tatrāthehaikārthyād (तत्राथेहैकार्थ्याद्) is tatrāthehaikārthya (तत्राथेहैकार्थ्य). It stands as ablative singular. aikakarmyam (ऐककर्म्यम्) is being one and the same act. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
tatrāthehaikārthyād (तत्राथेहैकार्थ्याद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it arthabhedas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-bhedaḥ (अर्थ-भेदः) and tatrāthehaikārthyād (तत्राथेहैकार्थ्याद्).
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