2.4.2
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.2
कर्तुर् वा श्रुतिसंयोगात्
kartur vā śrutisaṃyogāt
The line
Of an agent or, because of because of the joining with the direct word.
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. yāvajjīviko (यावज्जीविको) from 2.4.1 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: kartuḥ (कर्तुः) + vā (वा) + śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kartuḥ (कर्तुः) | genitive or ablative singular, masculine | an agent |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) | ablative singular | because of the joining with the direct word |
The phrases
kartuḥ (कर्तुः) is an agent. It stands as genitive or ablative singular, masculine. The line writes it kartur. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is because of the joining with the direct word. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kartur.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kartuḥ (कर्तुः) and śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्).