2.3.28
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.3.28
अविभागात् तु कर्मणां द्विरुक्तेर् न विधीयते
avibhāgāt tu karmaṇāṃ dvirukter na vidhīyate
The line
Because of avibhāga (अविभाग) but, a compound: action, and ṇāṃa (णांअ), dvirukter (द्विरुक्तेर्), not is enjoined.
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: avibhāgāt (अविभागात्) + tu (तु) + karma-ṇāṃa (कर्म-णांअ) + dvirukter (द्विरुक्तेर्) + na (न) + vidhīyate (विधीयते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avibhāgāt (अविभागात्) | ablative singular | avibhāga (अविभाग) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| karma-ṇāṃa (कर्म-णांअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: action, and ṇāṃa (णांअ). Read it from the end |
| dvirukter (द्विरुक्तेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vidhīyate (विधीयते) | present, third person singular | is enjoined |
The phrases
avibhāgāt (अविभागात्) is avibhāga (अविभाग). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. karma-ṇāṃa (कर्म-णांअ) is a compound: action, and ṇāṃa (णांअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
dvirukter (द्विरुक्तेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vidhīyate (विधीयते) is is enjoined. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-ṇāṃa (कर्म-णांअ) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss avibhāgāt (अविभागात्) and karma-ṇāṃa (कर्म-णांअ).
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