2.2.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.21
पृथक्त्त्वनिवेशात् संख्यया कर्मभेदः स्यात्
pṛthakttvaniveśāt saṃkhyayā karmabhedaḥ syāt
The line
Because of pṛthakttvaniveśa (पृथक्त्त्वनिवेश), saṃkhyaya (संख्यय), a compound: action, and a difference, it would be, let it be granted.
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: pṛthakttvaniveśāt (पृथक्त्त्वनिवेशात्) + saṃkhyayā (संख्यया) + karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pṛthakttvaniveśāt (पृथक्त्त्वनिवेशात्) | ablative singular | pṛthakttvaniveśa (पृथक्त्त्वनिवेश) |
| saṃkhyayā (संख्यया) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | saṃkhyaya (संख्यय) |
| karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
pṛthakttvaniveśāt (पृथक्त्त्वनिवेशात्) is pṛthakttvaniveśa (पृथक्त्त्वनिवेश). It stands as ablative singular. saṃkhyayā (संख्यया) is saṃkhyaya (संख्यय). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular.
karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) is a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pṛthakttvaniveśāt (पृथक्त्त्वनिवेशात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pṛthakttvaniveśāt (पृथक्त्त्वनिवेशात्) and saṃkhyayā (संख्यया).
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2.2.22. Recognition, because of a compound: and, arising, the origin, and conjunction.