3.3.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.26
कर्तृतो वा विशेषस्य तन्निमित्तत्वात्
kartṛto vā viśeṣasya tannimittatvāt
The line
kartṛta (कर्तृत) or, of a difference, because of a compound: that, the efficient ground, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kartṛto (कर्तृतो) + vā (वा) + viśeṣasya (विशेषस्य) + tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kartṛto (कर्तृतो) | nominative singular, masculine | kartṛta (कर्तृत) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| viśeṣasya (विशेषस्य) | genitive singular | a difference |
| tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kartṛto (कर्तृतो) is kartṛta (कर्तृत). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
viśeṣasya (विशेषस्य) is a difference. It stands as genitive singular. tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kartṛto (कर्तृतो) and viśeṣasya (विशेषस्य).