2.4.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.18
न चैकं प्रतिशिष्यते
na caikaṃ pratiśiṣyate
The line
Not and, one, in a compound: toward, against, and śiṣyata (शिष्यत).
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 line is short. arthāsannidheś (अर्थासन्निधेश्) from 2.4.17 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + ca (च) + ekaṃ (एकं) + prati-śiṣyate (प्रति-शिष्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| ekaṃ (एकं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | one |
| prati-śiṣyate (प्रति-शिष्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: toward, against, and śiṣyata (शिष्यत). Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
ekaṃ (एकं) is one. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as caikaṃ (चैकं). prati-śiṣyate (प्रति-शिष्यते) is a compound: toward, against, and śiṣyata (शिष्यत). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-śiṣyate (प्रति-शिष्यते) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as caikaṃ (चैकं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekaṃ (एकं) and prati-śiṣyate (प्रति-शिष्यते).