12.3.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.14
मन्त्राणां कर्मसंयोगः स्वधर्मेण प्रयोगः स्याद् धर्मस्य तन्निमित्तत्वात्
mantrāṇāṃ karmasaṃyogaḥ svadharmeṇa prayogaḥ syād dharmasya tannimittatvāt
The line
Of a mantra, a compound: action, and conjunction, by means of a compound: one's own, and dharma, a property, a performance, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of of dharma, because of a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being 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: mantrāṇāṃ (मन्त्राणां) + karma-saṃyogaḥ (कर्म-संयोगः) + sva-dharmeṇa (स्व-धर्मेण) + prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) + syād (स्याद्) + dharmasya (धर्मस्य) + tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mantrāṇāṃ (मन्त्राणां) | genitive plural | a mantra |
| karma-saṃyogaḥ (कर्म-संयोगः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: action, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| sva-dharmeṇa (स्व-धर्मेण) | instrumental singular | a compound: one's own, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) | nominative singular, masculine | a performance |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| dharmasya (धर्मस्य) | genitive singular | of dharma |
| tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
mantrāṇāṃ (मन्त्राणां) is a mantra. It stands as genitive plural. karma-saṃyogaḥ (कर्म-संयोगः) is a compound: action, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. sva-dharmeṇa (स्व-धर्मेण) is a compound: one's own, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. It stands as instrumental singular. prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) is a performance. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. dharmasya (धर्मस्य) is of dharma. It stands as genitive singular. tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mantrāṇāṃ (मन्त्राणां) and karma-saṃyogaḥ (कर्म-संयोगः).