11.2.51
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.2.51
संस्कारप्रतिषेधो वा वाक्यैकत्वो क्रतुसामान्यात्
saṃskārapratiṣedho vā vākyaikatvo kratusāmānyāt
The line
A compound: a compounded thing, and a denial or, a compound: a sentence, one, and the state of being that, because of a compound: a rite, and a common case.
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: saṃskāra-pratiṣedhaḥ (संस्कार-प्रतिषेधः) + vā (वा) + vākya-eka-tvo (वाक्य-एक-त्वो) + kratu-sāmānyāt (क्रतु-सामान्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskāra-pratiṣedhaḥ (संस्कार-प्रतिषेधः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a compounded thing, and a denial. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| vākya-eka-tvo (वाक्य-एक-त्वो) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sentence, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| kratu-sāmānyāt (क्रतु-सामान्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a rite, and a common case. Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃskāra-pratiṣedhaḥ (संस्कार-प्रतिषेधः) is a compound: a compounded thing, and a denial. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it saṃskārapratiṣedho (संस्कारप्रतिषेधो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
vākya-eka-tvo (वाक्य-एक-त्वो) is a compound: a sentence, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. kratu-sāmānyāt (क्रतु-सामान्यात्) is a compound: a rite, and a common case. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saṃskāra-pratiṣedhaḥ (संस्कार-प्रतिषेधः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it saṃskārapratiṣedho (संस्कारप्रतिषेधो).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskāra-pratiṣedhaḥ (संस्कार-प्रतिषेधः) and vākya-eka-tvo (वाक्य-एक-त्वो).