12.2.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.2.20
आरम्भणीया विकृतौ न स्यात् प्रकृतिकालमध्यत्वात् कृता पुनस् तदर्थेन
ārambhaṇīyā vikṛtau na syāt prakṛtikālamadhyatvāt kṛtā punas tadarthena
The line
A compound: a making by parts, and ṇīya (णीय), in in the variant rite, not it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: nature, what is seen, time, the middle, and the state of being that, made, done, again, by means of for the sake of that.
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: ārambha-ṇīyā (आरम्भ-णीया) + vikṛtau (विकृतौ) + na (न) + syāt (स्यात्) + prakṛti-kāla-madhya-tvāt (प्रकृति-काल-मध्य-त्वात्) + kṛtā (कृता) + punaḥ (पुनः) + tadarthena (तदर्थेन)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ārambha-ṇīyā (आरम्भ-णीया) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: a making by parts, and ṇīya (णीय). Read it from the end |
| vikṛtau (विकृतौ) | locative singular | in the variant rite |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prakṛti-kāla-madhya-tvāt (प्रकृति-काल-मध्य-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, time, the middle, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| kṛtā (कृता) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | made, done |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again |
| tadarthena (तदर्थेन) | instrumental singular | for the sake of that |
The phrases
ārambha-ṇīyā (आरम्भ-णीया) is a compound: a making by parts, and ṇīya (णीय). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. vikṛtau (विकृतौ) is in the variant rite. It stands as locative singular. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
prakṛti-kāla-madhya-tvāt (प्रकृति-काल-मध्य-त्वात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, time, the middle, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. kṛtā (कृता) is made, done. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. punaḥ (पुनः) is again. It stands as indeclinable. The line writes it punas. tadarthena (तदर्थेन) is for the sake of that. It stands as instrumental singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛti-kāla-madhya-tvāt (प्रकृति-काल-मध्य-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it punas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ārambha-ṇīyā (आरम्भ-णीया) and vikṛtau (विकृतौ).