2.1.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.1
भावार्थाः कर्मशब्दास् तेभ्यः क्रिया प्रतीयेतैष ह्यर्थो विधीयते
bhāvārthāḥ karmaśabdās tebhyaḥ kriyā pratīyetaiṣa hy artho vidhīyate
The line
A coming-to-be, a word for an action, from those, an action, would be understood, this. The thing, the meaning, is enjoined.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: bhāvārthāḥ (भावार्थाः) + karmaśabdāḥ (कर्मशब्दाः) + tebhyaḥ (तेभ्यः) + kriyā (क्रिया) + pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) + eṣa (एष) + hy (ह्य्) + arthaḥ (अर्थः) + vidhīyate (विधीयते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhāvārthāḥ (भावार्थाः) | nominative plural | a coming-to-be |
| karmaśabdāḥ (कर्मशब्दाः) | nominative plural | a word for an action |
| tebhyaḥ (तेभ्यः) | ablative or dative plural | those |
| kriyā (क्रिया) | nominative singular, feminine | an action |
| pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) | optative, third person singular | would be understood |
| eṣa (एष) | nominative singular, masculine | this |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for, indeed. hi before a vowel |
| arthaḥ (अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | the thing, the meaning |
| vidhīyate (विधीयते) | present, third person singular | is enjoined |
The phrases
bhāvārthāḥ (भावार्थाः) is a coming-to-be. It stands as nominative plural. karmaśabdāḥ (कर्मशब्दाः) is a word for an action. It stands as nominative plural. The line writes it karmaśabdās (कर्मशब्दास्). tebhyaḥ (तेभ्यः) is those. It stands as ablative or dative plural. kriyā (क्रिया) is an action. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) is would be understood. It stands as optative, third person singular.
eṣa (एष) is this. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as pratīyetaiṣa (प्रतीयेतैष). hy (ह्य्) is for, indeed. hi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. arthaḥ (अर्थः) is the thing, the meaning. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it artho. vidhīyate (विधीयते) is is enjoined. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karmaśabdāḥ (कर्मशब्दाः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it karmaśabdās (कर्मशब्दास्). The line joins them as pratīyetaiṣa (प्रतीयेतैष). The line writes it artho.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bhāvārthāḥ (भावार्थाः) and karmaśabdāḥ (कर्मशब्दाः).