11.3.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.3.2
द्रव्यस्य कर्मकालनिष्पत्तेः प्रयोगः सर्वार्थः स्यात् स्वकालत्वात्
dravyasya karmakālaniṣpatteḥ prayogaḥ sarvārthaḥ syāt svakālatvāt
The line
Of a substance, of a compound: action, time, and niṣpatta (निष्पत्त), a performance, all, the thing, the meaning, it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: one's own, time, and the state of being 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: dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) + karma-kāla-niṣpatteḥ (कर्म-काल-निष्पत्तेः) + prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) + sarvā (सर्वा) + arthaḥ (अर्थः) + syāt (स्यात्) + sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) | genitive singular | a substance |
| karma-kāla-niṣpatteḥ (कर्म-काल-निष्पत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: action, time, and niṣpatta (निष्पत्त). Read it from the end |
| prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) | nominative singular, masculine | a performance |
| sarvā (सर्वा) | nominative singular, feminine | all |
| arthaḥ (अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | the thing, the meaning |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one's own, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) is a substance. It stands as genitive singular. karma-kāla-niṣpatteḥ (कर्म-काल-निष्पत्तेः) is a compound: action, time, and niṣpatta (निष्पत्त). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) is a performance. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sarvā (सर्वा) is all. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
arthaḥ (अर्थः) is the thing, the meaning. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as sarvārthaḥ (सर्वार्थः). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्) is a compound: one's own, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-kāla-niṣpatteḥ (कर्म-काल-निष्पत्तेः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as sarvārthaḥ (सर्वार्थः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) and karma-kāla-niṣpatteḥ (कर्म-काल-निष्पत्तेः).
Next
11.3.3. yūpaś (यूपश्), a compound: cākarma (चाकर्म), time, and tvāta (त्वात).