12.4.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.1
जपाश् चाकर्मसंयुक्ताः स्तुत्याशीरभिधानाश् च याजमानेषु समुच्चयः स्यादाशीःपृथक्त्वात्
japāś cākarmasaṃyuktāḥ stutyāśīrabhidhānāś ca yājamāneṣu samuccayaḥ syād āśīḥpṛthaktvāt
The line
japāś (जपाश्), cākarmasaṃyukta (चाकर्मसंयुक्त), a compound: stutyā (स्तुत्या), śīra (शीर), bhidhā (भिधा), and destruction and, in a compound: yāja (याज), and a measure, a means of knowing, a taking together, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of āśīḥpṛthaktva (आशीःपृथक्त्व).
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: japāś (जपाश्) + cākarmasaṃyuktāḥ (चाकर्मसंयुक्ताः) + stutyā-śīra-bhidhā-nāśa (स्तुत्या-शीर-भिधा-नाश) + ca (च) + yāja-māneṣu (याज-मानेषु) + samuccayaḥ (समुच्चयः) + syād (स्याद्) + āśīḥpṛthaktvāt (आशीःपृथक्त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| japāś (जपाश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| cākarmasaṃyuktāḥ (चाकर्मसंयुक्ताः) | nominative plural | cākarmasaṃyukta (चाकर्मसंयुक्त) |
| stutyā-śīra-bhidhā-nāśa (स्तुत्या-शीर-भिधा-नाश) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: stutyā (स्तुत्या), śīra (शीर), bhidhā (भिधा), and destruction. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| yāja-māneṣu (याज-मानेषु) | locative plural | a compound: yāja (याज), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end |
| samuccayaḥ (समुच्चयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a taking together |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| āśīḥpṛthaktvāt (आशीःपृथक्त्वात्) | ablative singular | āśīḥpṛthaktva (आशीःपृथक्त्व) |
The phrases
japāś (जपाश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. cākarmasaṃyuktāḥ (चाकर्मसंयुक्ताः) is cākarmasaṃyukta (चाकर्मसंयुक्त). It stands as nominative plural. stutyā-śīra-bhidhā-nāśa (स्तुत्या-शीर-भिधा-नाश) is a compound: stutyā (स्तुत्या), śīra (शीर), bhidhā (भिधा), and destruction. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
yāja-māneṣu (याज-मानेषु) is a compound: yāja (याज), and a measure, a means of knowing. Read it from the end. It stands as locative plural. samuccayaḥ (समुच्चयः) is a taking together. 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. āśīḥpṛthaktvāt (आशीःपृथक्त्वात्) is āśīḥpṛthaktva (आशीःपृथक्त्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
stutyā-śīra-bhidhā-nāśa (स्तुत्या-शीर-भिधा-नाश) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss japāś (जपाश्) and cākarmasaṃyuktāḥ (चाकर्मसंयुक्ताः).