2.2.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.24
अगुणे तु कर्मशब्दे गुणस् तत्र प्रतीयेत
aguṇe tu karmaśabde guṇas tatra pratīyeta
The line
In aguṇa (अगुण) but, in a word for an action, a quality, there, would be understood.
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: aguṇe (अगुणे) + tu (तु) + karmaśabde (कर्मशब्दे) + guṇaḥ (गुणः) + tatra (तत्र) + pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aguṇe (अगुणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | aguṇa (अगुण) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| karmaśabde (कर्मशब्दे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a word for an action |
| guṇaḥ (गुणः) | nominative singular, masculine | a quality |
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) | optative, third person singular | would be understood |
The phrases
aguṇe (अगुणे) is aguṇa (अगुण). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. karmaśabde (कर्मशब्दे) is a word for an action. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
guṇaḥ (गुणः) is a quality. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it guṇas (गुण). tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. pratīyeta (प्रतीयेत) is would be understood. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karmaśabde (कर्मशब्दे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it guṇas (गुण).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aguṇe (अगुणे) and karmaśabde (कर्मशब्दे).