12.4.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.13
न कर्मणः परार्थत्वात्
na karmaṇaḥ parārthatvāt
The line
Not of of the action, from the action, because of because it is for another's sake.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The line is short. kapāle (कपाले) from 12.4.12 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) + parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) | genitive or ablative singular | of the action, from the action |
| parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for another's sake |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) is of the action, from the action. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is because it is for another's sake. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) and parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्).