11.2.15

Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.15

अपि वा कर्मपृथक्त्वात् तेषां तन्त्रविधानात् साङ्गानामुपदेशः स्यात्

api vā karmapṛthaktvāt teṣāṃ tantravidhānāt sāṅgānām upadeśaḥ syāt

The line

Even or, because of a compound: action, and separateness, of of them, because of a compound: a shared performance, and a rule, a compound: sāṅgā (साङ्गा), and by name, indeed, teaching, 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: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + karma-pṛthaktvāt (कर्म-पृथक्त्वात्) + teṣāṃ (तेषां) + tantra-vidhānāt (तन्त्र-विधानात्) + sāṅgā-nāma (साङ्गा-नाम) + upadeśaḥ (उपदेशः) + syāt (स्यात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
api (अपि)indeclinablealso, even
vā (वा)indeclinableor
karma-pṛthaktvāt (कर्म-पृथक्त्वात्)ablative singulara compound: action, and separateness. Read it from the end
teṣāṃ (तेषां)genitive pluralof them
tantra-vidhānāt (तन्त्र-विधानात्)ablative singulara compound: a shared performance, and a rule. Read it from the end
sāṅgā-nāma (साङ्गा-नाम)a compound, the ending is on the last membera compound: sāṅgā (साङ्गा), and by name, indeed. Read it from the end
upadeśaḥ (उपदेशः)nominative singular, masculineteaching
syāt (स्यात्)optative, third person singularit would be, let it be granted

The phrases

api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. karma-pṛthaktvāt (कर्म-पृथक्त्वात्) is a compound: action, and separateness. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. teṣāṃ (तेषां) is of them. It stands as genitive plural.

tantra-vidhānāt (तन्त्र-विधानात्) is a compound: a shared performance, and a rule. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. sāṅgā-nāma (साङ्गा-नाम) is a compound: sāṅgā (साङ्गा), and by name, indeed. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. upadeśaḥ (उपदेशः) is teaching. 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

karma-pṛthaktvāt (कर्म-पृथक्त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss karma-pṛthaktvāt (कर्म-पृथक्त्वात्) and teṣāṃ (तेषां).

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