11.1.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.8
कर्मार्थत्वात् प्रयोगे ताच्छब्द्यं स्यात् तदर्थत्वात्
karmārthatvāt prayoge tācchabdyaṃ syāt tadarthatvāt
The line
Because of a compound: action, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, in in use, in the performance, tācchabdya (ताच्छब्द्य), it would be, let it be granted, because of because it is for the sake of that.
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: karma-artha-tvāt (कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) + prayoge (प्रयोगे) + tācchabdyaṃ (ताच्छब्द्यं) + syāt (स्यात्) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma-artha-tvāt (कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| prayoge (प्रयोगे) | locative singular | in use, in the performance |
| tācchabdyaṃ (ताच्छब्द्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | tācchabdya (ताच्छब्द्य) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
karma-artha-tvāt (कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: action, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. prayoge (प्रयोगे) is in use, in the performance. It stands as locative singular. tācchabdyaṃ (ताच्छब्द्यं) is tācchabdya (ताच्छब्द्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-artha-tvāt (कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-artha-tvāt (कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) and prayoge (प्रयोगे).