2.4.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.5
अनित्यत्वात् तु नैवं स्यात्
anityatvāt tu naivaṃ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: not eternal, and the state of being that but, not thus, 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 line is short. vyapavargaṃ (व्यपवर्गं) from 2.4.4 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: anitya-tvāt (अनित्य-त्वात्) + tu (तु) + na (न) + evaṃ (एवं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anitya-tvāt (अनित्य-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: not eternal, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
anitya-tvāt (अनित्य-त्वात्) is a compound: not eternal, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anitya-tvāt (अनित्य-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anitya-tvāt (अनित्य-त्वात्) and syāt (स्यात्).