12.4.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.16
विकल्प्योऽन्वर्थकर्मनियमप्रधानत्वाच् छेसे च कर्मकार्यसमवायात् तसमात् तेनार्थकर्म स्यात्
vikalpyo 'nvarthakarmaniyamapradhānatvāc chese ca karmakāryasamavāyāt tasamāt tenārthakarma syāt
The line
vikalpya (विकल्प्य), because of a compound: an atom, a thing, a meaning, action, a restriction, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that, in chesa (छेस) and, because of a compound: action, an effect, and inherence, because of tasama (तसम), a compound: tenā (तेना), rtha (र्थ), and action, it would be, let it be granted.
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: vikalpyo (विकल्प्यो) + anu-artha-karma-niyama-pradhāna-tvāt (अनु-अर्थ-कर्म-नियम-प्रधान-त्वात्) + chese (छेसे) + ca (च) + karma-kārya-samavāyāt (कर्म-कार्य-समवायात्) + tasamāt (तसमात्) + tenā-rtha-karma (तेना-र्थ-कर्म) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikalpyo (विकल्प्यो) | nominative singular, masculine | vikalpya (विकल्प्य) |
| anu-artha-karma-niyama-pradhāna-tvāt (अनु-अर्थ-कर्म-नियम-प्रधान-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an atom, a thing, a meaning, action, a restriction, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| chese (छेसे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | chesa (छेस) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| karma-kārya-samavāyāt (कर्म-कार्य-समवायात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, an effect, and inherence. Read it from the end |
| tasamāt (तसमात्) | ablative singular | tasama (तसम) |
| tenā-rtha-karma (तेना-र्थ-कर्म) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: tenā (तेना), rtha (र्थ), and action. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vikalpyo (विकल्प्यो) is vikalpya (विकल्प्य). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. anu-artha-karma-niyama-pradhāna-tvāt (अनु-अर्थ-कर्म-नियम-प्रधान-त्वात्) is a compound: an atom, a thing, a meaning, action, a restriction, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. chese (छेसे) is chesa (छेस). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
karma-kārya-samavāyāt (कर्म-कार्य-समवायात्) is a compound: action, an effect, and inherence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tasamāt (तसमात्) is tasama (तसम). It stands as ablative singular. tenā-rtha-karma (तेना-र्थ-कर्म) is a compound: tenā (तेना), rtha (र्थ), and action. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anu-artha-karma-niyama-pradhāna-tvāt (अनु-अर्थ-कर्म-नियम-प्रधान-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikalpyo (विकल्प्यो) and anu-artha-karma-niyama-pradhāna-tvāt (अनु-अर्थ-कर्म-नियम-प्रधान-त्वात्).