3.8.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.1
स्वामिकर्मपरिक्रयः कर्मणस् तदर्थत्वात्
svāmikarmaparikrayaḥ karmaṇas tadarthatvāt
The line
A compound: svāmi (स्वामि), action, pari (परि), and kraya (क्रय), of of the action, from the action, because of because it is for the sake of 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: svāmi-karma-pari-krayaḥ (स्वामि-कर्म-परि-क्रयः) + karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svāmi-karma-pari-krayaḥ (स्वामि-कर्म-परि-क्रयः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: svāmi (स्वामि), action, pari (परि), and kraya (क्रय). Read it from the end |
| karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) | genitive or ablative singular | of the action, from the action |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
svāmi-karma-pari-krayaḥ (स्वामि-कर्म-परि-क्रयः) is a compound: svāmi (स्वामि), action, pari (परि), and kraya (क्रय). Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) is of the action, from the action. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it karmaṇas (कर्मण).
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
svāmi-karma-pari-krayaḥ (स्वामि-कर्म-परि-क्रयः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it karmaṇas (कर्मण).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svāmi-karma-pari-krayaḥ (स्वामि-कर्म-परि-क्रयः) and karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः).