2.2.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.20
संस्कारस् तु न भिद्येत परार्थत्वाद् द्रव्यस्य गुणभूतत्वात्
saṃskāras tu na bhidyeta parārthatvād dravyasya guṇabhūtatvāt
The line
A compounded thing but, not bhidyeta (भिद्येत), because of because it is for another's sake, of a substance, because of because it stands as a subordinate.
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: saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) + tu (तु) + na (न) + bhidyeta (भिद्येत) + parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) + dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) + guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compounded thing |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| bhidyeta (भिद्येत) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for another's sake |
| dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) | genitive singular | a substance |
| guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as a subordinate |
The phrases
saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) is a compounded thing. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it saṃskāras (संस्कार). tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. bhidyeta (भिद्येत) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
parārthatvāt (परार्थत्वात्) is because it is for another's sake. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it parārthatvād (परार्थत्वाद्). dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) is a substance. It stands as genitive singular. guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as a subordinate. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it saṃskāras (संस्कार). The line writes it parārthatvād (परार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) and bhidyeta (भिद्येत).