3.1.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.19
कर्तृगुणे तु कर्मासमवायाद् वाक्यभेदः स्यात्
kartṛguṇe tu karmāsamavāyād vākyabhedaḥ syāt
The line
In a compound: an agent, and a quality but, because of a compound: karmā (कर्मा), and inherence, a compound: a sentence, and a difference, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kartṛ-guṇe (कर्तृ-गुणे) + tu (तु) + karmā-samavāyāt (कर्मा-समवायात्) + vākya-bhedaḥ (वाक्य-भेदः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kartṛ-guṇe (कर्तृ-गुणे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: an agent, and a quality. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| karmā-samavāyāt (कर्मा-समवायात्) | ablative singular | a compound: karmā (कर्मा), and inherence. Read it from the end |
| vākya-bhedaḥ (वाक्य-भेदः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a sentence, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
kartṛ-guṇe (कर्तृ-गुणे) is a compound: an agent, and a quality. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. karmā-samavāyāt (कर्मा-समवायात्) is a compound: karmā (कर्मा), and inherence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it karmāsamavāyād (कर्मासमवायाद्).
vākya-bhedaḥ (वाक्य-भेदः) is a compound: a sentence, 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
karmā-samavāyāt (कर्मा-समवायात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it karmāsamavāyād (कर्मासमवायाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kartṛ-guṇe (कर्तृ-गुणे) and karmā-samavāyāt (कर्मा-समवायात्).