12.4.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.17
उखायां काम्यनित्यसमुच्चयो नियोगे कामदर्शनात्
ukhāyāṃ kāmyanityasamuccayo niyoge kāmadarśanāt
The line
Of ukhāya (उखाय), a compound: kāmya (काम्य), eternal, and a taking together, in niyoga (नियोग), because of a compound: desire, and seeing.
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: ukhāyāṃ (उखायां) + kāmya-nitya-samuccayaḥ (काम्य-नित्य-समुच्चयः) + niyoge (नियोगे) + kāma-darśanāt (काम-दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ukhāyāṃ (उखायां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | ukhāya (उखाय) |
| kāmya-nitya-samuccayaḥ (काम्य-नित्य-समुच्चयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: kāmya (काम्य), eternal, and a taking together. Read it from the end |
| niyoge (नियोगे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | niyoga (नियोग) |
| kāma-darśanāt (काम-दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: desire, and seeing. Read it from the end |
The phrases
ukhāyāṃ (उखायां) is ukhāya (उखाय). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. kāmya-nitya-samuccayaḥ (काम्य-नित्य-समुच्चयः) is a compound: kāmya (काम्य), eternal, and a taking together. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it kāmyanityasamuccayo (काम्यनित्यसमुच्चयो).
niyoge (नियोगे) is niyoga (नियोग). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. kāma-darśanāt (काम-दर्शनात्) is a compound: desire, and seeing. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kāmya-nitya-samuccayaḥ (काम्य-नित्य-समुच्चयः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kāmyanityasamuccayo (काम्यनित्यसमुच्चयो). The file uses this same number again for the next line. That line is 12.4.17b.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ukhāyāṃ (उखायां) and kāmya-nitya-samuccayaḥ (काम्य-नित्य-समुच्चयः).
Next
12.4.17b. In what is not, in cāsaṃskṛta (चासंस्कृत), an action, it would be, let it be granted.