2.3.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.12
संस्कारश् चाप्रकरणेऽकर्मशब्दत्वात्
saṃskāraś cāprakaraṇe 'karmaśabdatvāt
The line
A compounded thing, in cāprakaraṇa (चाप्रकरण), a compound: akarma (अकर्म), a word, and tvāta (त्वात).
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) + cāprakaraṇe (चाप्रकरणे) + akarma-śabda-tvāta (अकर्म-शब्द-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compounded thing |
| cāprakaraṇe (चाप्रकरणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | cāprakaraṇa (चाप्रकरण) |
| akarma-śabda-tvāta (अकर्म-शब्द-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: akarma (अकर्म), a word, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) is a compounded thing. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it saṃskāraś (संस्कारश्). cāprakaraṇe (चाप्रकरणे) is cāprakaraṇa (चाप्रकरण). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
akarma-śabda-tvāta (अकर्म-शब्द-त्वात) is a compound: akarma (अकर्म), a word, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Sanskrit in this line
akarma-śabda-tvāta (अकर्म-शब्द-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it saṃskāraś (संस्कारश्). The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskāraḥ (संस्कारः) and cāprakaraṇe (चाप्रकरणे).