2.4.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.7
कर्तुस् तु धर्मनियमात् कालशास्त्रं निमित्तं स्यात्
kartus tu dharmaniyamāt kālaśāstraṃ nimittaṃ syāt
The line
Of an agent but, because of a compound: dharma, a property, and a restriction, a compound: time, and a teaching, a treatise, the efficient ground, 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: kartuḥ (कर्तुः) + tu (तु) + dharma-niyamāt (धर्म-नियमात्) + kāla-śāstraṃ (काल-शास्त्रं) + nimittaṃ (निमित्तं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kartuḥ (कर्तुः) | genitive or ablative singular, masculine | an agent |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| dharma-niyamāt (धर्म-नियमात्) | ablative singular | a compound: dharma, a property, and a restriction. Read it from the end |
| kāla-śāstraṃ (काल-शास्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: time, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end |
| nimittaṃ (निमित्तं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | the efficient ground |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
kartuḥ (कर्तुः) is an agent. It stands as genitive or ablative singular, masculine. The line writes it kartus. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. dharma-niyamāt (धर्म-नियमात्) is a compound: dharma, a property, and a restriction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
kāla-śāstraṃ (काल-शास्त्रं) is a compound: time, and a teaching, a treatise. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. nimittaṃ (निमित्तं) is the efficient ground. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
dharma-niyamāt (धर्म-नियमात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kartus.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kartuḥ (कर्तुः) and dharma-niyamāt (धर्म-नियमात्).