2.1.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.1.9
धर्ममात्रे तु कर्म स्यादनिर्वृत्तेः प्रयाजवत्
dharmamātre tu karma syād anirvṛtteḥ prayājavat
The line
In a compound: dharma, a property, and mātra (मात्र) but, an action, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of anirvṛtta (अनिर्वृत्त), prayājavat (प्रयाजवत्).
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: dharma-mātre (धर्म-मात्रे) + tu (तु) + karma (कर्म) + syād (स्याद्) + anirvṛtteḥ (अनिर्वृत्तेः) + prayājavat (प्रयाजवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dharma-mātre (धर्म-मात्रे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: dharma, a property, and mātra (मात्र). Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| anirvṛtteḥ (अनिर्वृत्तेः) | genitive or ablative singular | anirvṛtta (अनिर्वृत्त) |
| prayājavat (प्रयाजवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
dharma-mātre (धर्म-मात्रे) is a compound: dharma, a property, and mātra (मात्र). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. anirvṛtteḥ (अनिर्वृत्तेः) is anirvṛtta (अनिर्वृत्त). It stands as genitive or ablative singular. prayājavat (प्रयाजवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
dharma-mātre (धर्म-मात्रे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dharma-mātre (धर्म-मात्रे) and karma (कर्म).