3.4.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.12
अकर्म क्रतुसंयुक्तं संयोगान् नित्यानुवादः स्यात्
akarma kratusaṃyuktaṃ saṃyogān nityānuvādaḥ syāt
The line
Not an action, a compound: a rite, and saṃyukta (संयुक्त), conjunction, a compound: eternal, and a repetition, 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: a-karma (अ-कर्म) + kratu-saṃyuktaṃ (क्रतु-संयुक्तं) + saṃyogān (संयोगान्) + nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| a-karma (अ-कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | not an action |
| kratu-saṃyuktaṃ (क्रतु-संयुक्तं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a rite, and saṃyukta (संयुक्त). Read it from the end |
| saṃyogān (संयोगान्) | accusative plural, masculine | conjunction |
| nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: eternal, and a repetition. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
a-karma (अ-कर्म) is not an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kratu-saṃyuktaṃ (क्रतु-संयुक्तं) is a compound: a rite, and saṃyukta (संयुक्त). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. saṃyogān (संयोगान्) is conjunction. It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
nitya-anuvādaḥ (नित्य-अनुवादः) is a compound: eternal, and a repetition. 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
kratu-saṃyuktaṃ (क्रतु-संयुक्तं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss a-karma (अ-कर्म) and kratu-saṃyuktaṃ (क्रतु-संयुक्तं).
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