12.3.22
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.22
करमसंतानो वा नानाकर्मत्वादितरस्याशक्चत्वात्
karamasaṃtāno vā nānākarmatvād itarasyāśakcatvāt
The line
karamasaṃtāna (करमसंतान) or, not because of anākarmatva (अनाकर्मत्व), because of a compound: the other, syāśa (स्याश), and kcatva (क्चत्व).
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: karamasaṃtāno (करमसंतानो) + vā (वा) + na (न) + anākarmatvād (अनाकर्मत्वाद्) + itara-syāśa-kcatvāt (इतर-स्याश-क्चत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karamasaṃtāno (करमसंतानो) | nominative singular, masculine | karamasaṃtāna (करमसंतान) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| anākarmatvād (अनाकर्मत्वाद्) | ablative singular | anākarmatva (अनाकर्मत्व) |
| itara-syāśa-kcatvāt (इतर-स्याश-क्चत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the other, syāśa (स्याश), and kcatva (क्चत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
karamasaṃtāno (करमसंतानो) is karamasaṃtāna (करमसंतान). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
anākarmatvād (अनाकर्मत्वाद्) is anākarmatva (अनाकर्मत्व). It stands as ablative singular. itara-syāśa-kcatvāt (इतर-स्याश-क्चत्वात्) is a compound: the other, syāśa (स्याश), and kcatva (क्चत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
itara-syāśa-kcatvāt (इतर-स्याश-क्चत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karamasaṃtāno (करमसंतानो) and anākarmatvād (अनाकर्मत्वाद्).
Next
12.3.23. In āghāra (आघार) and, because of dīrghadhāratva (दीर्घधारत्व).