3.1.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.6
पुरुषश् च कर्मार्थत्वात्
puruṣaś ca karmārthatvāt
The line
The person and, because of a compound: action, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.
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 line is short. phalaṃ (फलं) from 3.1.5 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः) + ca (च) + karma-artha-tvāt (कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः) | nominative singular, masculine | the person |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| karma-artha-tvāt (कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः) is the person. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it puruṣaś (पुरुषश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
karma-artha-tvāt (कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: action, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-artha-tvāt (कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it puruṣaś (पुरुषश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः) and karma-artha-tvāt (कर्म-अर्थ-त्वात्).
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