2.3.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.20
अद्रव्यत्वात् कवेले कर्मशेषः स्यात्
adravyatvāt kavele karmaśeṣaḥ syāt
The line
Because of adravyatva (अद्रव्यत्व), in kavela (कवेल), a compound: action, and the rest, what remains over, 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: adravyatvāt (अद्रव्यत्वात्) + kavele (कवेले) + karma-śeṣaḥ (कर्म-शेषः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adravyatvāt (अद्रव्यत्वात्) | ablative singular | adravyatva (अद्रव्यत्व) |
| kavele (कवेले) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | kavela (कवेल) |
| karma-śeṣaḥ (कर्म-शेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: action, and the rest, what remains over. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
adravyatvāt (अद्रव्यत्वात्) is adravyatva (अद्रव्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular. kavele (कवेले) is kavela (कवेल). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
karma-śeṣaḥ (कर्म-शेषः) is a compound: action, and the rest, what remains over. 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
adravyatvāt (अद्रव्यत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adravyatvāt (अद्रव्यत्वात्) and kavele (कवेले).