2.4.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.4
व्यपवर्गं च दर्शयति कालश् चेत् कर्मभेदः स्यात्
vyapavargaṃ ca darśayati kālaś cet karmabhedaḥ syāt
The line
If you say that vyapavarga (व्यपवर्ग) and, shows, time, then a compound: action, and a difference, 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: vyapavargaṃ (व्यपवर्गं) + ca (च) + darśayati (दर्शयति) + kālaḥ (कालः) + cet (चेत्) + karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vyapavargaṃ (व्यपवर्गं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | vyapavarga (व्यपवर्ग) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| darśayati (दर्शयति) | present, third person singular | shows |
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
vyapavargaṃ (व्यपवर्गं) is vyapavarga (व्यपवर्ग). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. darśayati (दर्शयति) is shows. It stands as present, third person singular. kālaḥ (कालः) is time. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it kālaś (कालश्).
cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable. karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) is a compound: action, and a difference. 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
karma-bhedaḥ (कर्म-भेदः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kālaś (कालश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyapavargaṃ (व्यपवर्गं) and darśayati (दर्शयति).