12.4.17b
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.4.17b
असति चासंस्कृतेषु कर्म स्यात्
asati cāsaṃskṛteṣu karma syāt
The line
In what is not, in cāsaṃskṛta (चासंस्कृत), an 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: asati (असति) + cāsaṃskṛteṣu (चासंस्कृतेषु) + karma (कर्म) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| asati (असति) | locative singular, or nominative singular | what is not |
| cāsaṃskṛteṣu (चासंस्कृतेषु) | locative plural | cāsaṃskṛta (चासंस्कृत) |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
asati (असति) is what is not. It stands as locative singular, or nominative singular. cāsaṃskṛteṣu (चासंस्कृतेषु) is cāsaṃskṛta (चासंस्कृत). It stands as locative plural.
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cāsaṃskṛteṣu (चासंस्कृतेषु) is locative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The file numbers this line 12.4.17, the same number as the previous line. It is kept here as 12.4.17b.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss asati (असति) and cāsaṃskṛteṣu (चासंस्कृतेषु).