12.3.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.20
मन्त्राणां करणार्थत्वान् मन्त्रान्तेन कर्मादिसन्निपातः स्यात् सर्वस्य वचनार्थत्वात्
mantrāṇāṃ karaṇārthatvān mantrāntena karmādisannipātaḥ syāt sarvasya vacanārthatvāt
The line
Of a mantra, karaṇārthatva (करणार्थत्व), by means of mantrānta (मन्त्रान्त), karmādisannipāta (कर्मादिसन्निपात), it would be, let it be granted, of of all, because of a compound: a statement, a thing, a meaning, 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) + karaṇārthatvān (करणार्थत्वान्) + mantrāntena (मन्त्रान्तेन) + karmādisannipātaḥ (कर्मादिसन्निपातः) + syāt (स्यात्) + sarvasya (सर्वस्य) + vacana-artha-tvāt (वचन-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| mantrāṇāṃ (मन्त्राणां) | genitive plural | a mantra |
| karaṇārthatvān (करणार्थत्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | karaṇārthatva (करणार्थत्व) |
| mantrāntena (मन्त्रान्तेन) | instrumental singular | mantrānta (मन्त्रान्त) |
| karmādisannipātaḥ (कर्मादिसन्निपातः) | nominative singular, masculine | karmādisannipāta (कर्मादिसन्निपात) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| sarvasya (सर्वस्य) | genitive singular | of all |
| vacana-artha-tvāt (वचन-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a statement, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
mantrāṇāṃ (मन्त्राणां) is a mantra. It stands as genitive plural. karaṇārthatvān (करणार्थत्वान्) is karaṇārthatva (करणार्थत्व). It stands as accusative plural, masculine. mantrāntena (मन्त्रान्तेन) is mantrānta (मन्त्रान्त). It stands as instrumental singular. karmādisannipātaḥ (कर्मादिसन्निपातः) is karmādisannipāta (कर्मादिसन्निपात). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. sarvasya (सर्वस्य) is of all. It stands as genitive singular. vacana-artha-tvāt (वचन-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a statement, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karmādisannipātaḥ (कर्मादिसन्निपातः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss mantrāṇāṃ (मन्त्राणां) and karaṇārthatvān (करणार्थत्वान्).