11.4.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.37
जात्यन्तरेषु भेदः पक्तिवैषम्यात्
jātyantareṣu bhedaḥ paktivaiṣamyāt
The line
In a compound: a futile rejoinder, and a difference, an interval, a difference, because of paktivaiṣamya (पक्तिवैषम्य).
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: jāti-antareṣu (जाति-अन्तरेषु) + bhedaḥ (भेदः) + paktivaiṣamyāt (पक्तिवैषम्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jāti-antareṣu (जाति-अन्तरेषु) | locative plural | a compound: a futile rejoinder, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end |
| bhedaḥ (भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a difference |
| paktivaiṣamyāt (पक्तिवैषम्यात्) | ablative singular | paktivaiṣamya (पक्तिवैषम्य) |
The phrases
jāti-antareṣu (जाति-अन्तरेषु) is a compound: a futile rejoinder, and a difference, an interval. Read it from the end. It stands as locative plural. bhedaḥ (भेदः) is a difference. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
paktivaiṣamyāt (पक्तिवैषम्यात्) is paktivaiṣamya (पक्तिवैषम्य). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
paktivaiṣamyāt (पक्तिवैषम्यात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss jāti-antareṣu (जाति-अन्तरेषु) and bhedaḥ (भेदः).
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