3.7.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.23
एकस्य कर्मभेदादिति चेत्
ekasya karmabhedād iti cet
The line
If you say that of one, because of a compound: action, and a difference, then.
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. śruti (श्रुति) from 3.7.22 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: ekasya (एकस्य) + karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| ekasya (एकस्य) | genitive singular | one |
| karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
ekasya (एकस्य) is one. It stands as genitive singular. karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) is a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it karmabhedād (कर्मभेदाद्).
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it karmabhedād (कर्मभेदाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekasya (एकस्य) and karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्).