11.4.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.2
प्रतिदक्षिणं वा कर्तृसम्बन्धादिष्टिवदङ्गभूतत्वात् समुदायो हि तन्निर्वृत्त्यातदेकत्वादेकत्वादेकशब्दोपदेशः स्यात्
pratidakṣiṇaṃ vā kartṛsambandhād iṣṭivad aṅgabhūtatvāt samudāyo hi tannirvṛttyātadekatvād ekatvād ekaśabdopadeśaḥ syāt
The line
A compound: toward, against, and dakṣiṇa (दक्षिण) or, because of a compound: an agent, and a connection, a compound: an offering of cake, and vada (वद), because of a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, and being already there, samudāya (समुदाय). Because of tannirvṛttyātadekatva (तन्निर्वृत्त्यातदेकत्व), because of a compound: one, and the state of being that, a compound: one, a word, and 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: prati-dakṣiṇaṃ (प्रति-दक्षिणं) + vā (वा) + kartṛ-sambandhāt (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धात्) + iṣṭi-vada (इष्टि-वद) + aṅga-bhūtatvāt (अङ्ग-भूतत्वात्) + samudāyo (समुदायो) + hi (हि) + tannirvṛttyātadekatvād (तन्निर्वृत्त्यातदेकत्वाद्) + eka-tvāt (एक-त्वात्) + eka-śabda-upadeśaḥ (एक-शब्द-उपदेशः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prati-dakṣiṇaṃ (प्रति-दक्षिणं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, and dakṣiṇa (दक्षिण). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kartṛ-sambandhāt (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an agent, and a connection. Read it from the end |
| iṣṭi-vada (इष्टि-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an offering of cake, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| aṅga-bhūtatvāt (अङ्ग-भूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, and being already there. Read it from the end |
| samudāyo (समुदायो) | nominative singular, masculine | samudāya (समुदाय) |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | for, indeed |
| tannirvṛttyātadekatvād (तन्निर्वृत्त्यातदेकत्वाद्) | ablative singular | tannirvṛttyātadekatva (तन्निर्वृत्त्यातदेकत्व) |
| eka-tvāt (एक-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| eka-śabda-upadeśaḥ (एक-शब्द-उपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: one, a word, and teaching. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
prati-dakṣiṇaṃ (प्रति-दक्षिणं) is a compound: toward, against, and dakṣiṇa (दक्षिण). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. kartṛ-sambandhāt (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धात्) is a compound: an agent, and a connection. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kartṛsambandhād (कर्तृसम्बन्धाद्). iṣṭi-vada (इष्टि-वद) is a compound: an offering of cake, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. aṅga-bhūtatvāt (अङ्ग-भूतत्वात्) is a compound: a limb, a subsidiary part, and being already there. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. samudāyo (समुदायो) is samudāya (समुदाय). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
hi (हि) is for, indeed. It stands as indeclinable. tannirvṛttyātadekatvād (तन्निर्वृत्त्यातदेकत्वाद्) is tannirvṛttyātadekatva (तन्निर्वृत्त्यातदेकत्व). It stands as ablative singular. eka-tvāt (एक-त्वात्) is a compound: one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it ekatvād (एकत्वाद्). eka-śabda-upadeśaḥ (एक-शब्द-उपदेशः) is a compound: one, a word, and teaching. Read it from the end. 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
tannirvṛttyātadekatvād (तन्निर्वृत्त्यातदेकत्वाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kartṛsambandhād (कर्तृसम्बन्धाद्). The line writes it ekatvād (एकत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prati-dakṣiṇaṃ (प्रति-दक्षिणं) and kartṛ-sambandhāt (कर्तृ-सम्बन्धात्).