12.1.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.10
अकर्म वा कृतदूषा स्यात्
akarma vā kṛtadūṣā syāt
The line
Not an action or, a compound: made, done, and dūṣa (दूष), it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: a-karma (अ-कर्म) + vā (वा) + kṛta-dūṣā (कृत-दूषा) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| a-karma (अ-कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | not an action |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kṛta-dūṣā (कृत-दूषा) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: made, done, and dūṣa (दूष). Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
a-karma (अ-कर्म) is not an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
kṛta-dūṣā (कृत-दूषा) is a compound: made, done, and dūṣa (दूष). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kṛta-dūṣā (कृत-दूषा) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss a-karma (अ-कर्म) and kṛta-dūṣā (कृत-दूषा).