12.1.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.1.41
यज्ञोत्पत्त्युपदेशे निष्ठितकर्मप्रयोगभेदात् प्रतितन्त्रं क्रियेत
yajñotpattyupadeśe niṣṭhitakarmaprayogabhedāt pratitantraṃ kriyeta
The line
In a compound: a sacrifice, arising, the origin, and teaching, because of a compound: niṣṭhita (निष्ठित), action, a performance, and a difference, one system as against another, would be done.
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: yajña-utpatti-upadeśe (यज्ञ-उत्पत्ति-उपदेशे) + niṣṭhita-karma-prayoga-bhedāt (निष्ठित-कर्म-प्रयोग-भेदात्) + pratitantraṃ (प्रतितन्त्रं) + kriyeta (क्रियेत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| yajña-utpatti-upadeśe (यज्ञ-उत्पत्ति-उपदेशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a sacrifice, arising, the origin, and teaching. Read it from the end |
| niṣṭhita-karma-prayoga-bhedāt (निष्ठित-कर्म-प्रयोग-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: niṣṭhita (निष्ठित), action, a performance, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| pratitantraṃ (प्रतितन्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | one system as against another |
| kriyeta (क्रियेत) | optative, third person singular | would be done |
The phrases
yajña-utpatti-upadeśe (यज्ञ-उत्पत्ति-उपदेशे) is a compound: a sacrifice, arising, the origin, and teaching. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. niṣṭhita-karma-prayoga-bhedāt (निष्ठित-कर्म-प्रयोग-भेदात्) is a compound: niṣṭhita (निष्ठित), action, a performance, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
pratitantraṃ (प्रतितन्त्रं) is one system as against another. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kriyeta (क्रियेत) is would be done. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
niṣṭhita-karma-prayoga-bhedāt (निष्ठित-कर्म-प्रयोग-भेदात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss yajña-utpatti-upadeśe (यज्ञ-उत्पत्ति-उपदेशे) and niṣṭhita-karma-prayoga-bhedāt (निष्ठित-कर्म-प्रयोग-भेदात्).
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12.1.42. A compound: a place, and separateness, a mantra, in vyāvartata (व्यावर्तत).