3.5.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.16
द्रव्यैकत्वे कर्मभेदात् प्रतिकर्म क्रियेरन्
dravyaikatve karmabhedāt pratikarma kriyeran
The line
In a compound: a substance, one, and the state of being that, because of a compound: action, and a difference, toward, against, an action, kriyeran (क्रियेरन्).
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: dravya-eka-tve (द्रव्य-एक-त्वे) + karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) + prati (प्रति) + karma (कर्म) + kriyeran (क्रियेरन्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| dravya-eka-tve (द्रव्य-एक-त्वे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a substance, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| prati (प्रति) | indeclinable | toward, against |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| kriyeran (क्रियेरन्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
dravya-eka-tve (द्रव्य-एक-त्वे) is a compound: a substance, one, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) is a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. prati (प्रति) is toward, against. It stands as indeclinable.
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as pratikarma. kriyeran (क्रियेरन्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
dravya-eka-tve (द्रव्य-एक-त्वे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as pratikarma.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss dravya-eka-tve (द्रव्य-एक-त्वे) and karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्).