3.4.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.40
कृतत्वात् तु कर्मणः सकृत् स्याद् द्रव्यस्य गुणभूतत्वात्
kṛtatvāt tu karmaṇaḥ sakṛt syād dravyasya guṇabhūtatvāt
The line
Because of a compound: made, done, and the state of being that but, of of the action, from the action, once, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of a substance, because of because it stands as a subordinate.
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: kṛta-tvāt (कृत-त्वात्) + tu (तु) + karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) + sakṛt (सकृत्) + syād (स्याद्) + dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) + guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kṛta-tvāt (कृत-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: made, done, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) | genitive or ablative singular | of the action, from the action |
| sakṛt (सकृत्) | indeclinable | once |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) | genitive singular | a substance |
| guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it stands as a subordinate |
The phrases
kṛta-tvāt (कृत-त्वात्) is a compound: made, done, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) is of the action, from the action. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. sakṛt (सकृत्) is once. It stands as indeclinable.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. dravyasya (द्रव्यस्य) is a substance. It stands as genitive singular. guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is because it stands as a subordinate. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇabhūtatvāt (गुणभूतत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kṛta-tvāt (कृत-त्वात्) and karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः).
Next
3.4.41. Because of a compound: the rest, what remains over, and seeing and.