4.1.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.1.3
तदुत्सर्गे कर्माणि पुरुषार्थाय शास्त्रस्यानतिशङ्क्यत्वान् न च द्रव्यं चिकीर्ष्यते तेनार्थेनाभिसम्बन्धात् क्रियायां पुरुषश्रुतिः
tadutsarge karmāṇi puruṣārthāya śāstrasyānatiśaṅkyatvān na ca dravyaṃ cikīrṣyate tenārthenābhisambandhāt kriyāyāṃ puruṣaśrutiḥ
The line
In tadutsarga (तदुत्सर्ग), acts, for a compound: the person, and a thing, a meaning, a compound: a teaching, a treatise, syāna (स्यान), tiśa (तिश), and ṅkyatva (ङ्क्यत्व), not and, a substance, in cikīrṣyata (चिकीर्ष्यत), because of a compound: tenā (तेना), rthe (र्थे), nābhi (नाभि), and a connection, a compound: an act, and yāṃa (यांअ), a compound: the person, and heard.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tadutsarge (तदुत्सर्गे) + karmāṇi (कर्माणि) + puruṣa-arthāya (पुरुष-अर्थाय) + śāstra-syāna-tiśa-ṅkyatvān (शास्त्र-स्यान-तिश-ङ्क्यत्वान्) + na (न) + ca (च) + dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) + cikīrṣyate (चिकीर्ष्यते) + tenā-rthe-nābhi-sambandhāt (तेना-र्थे-नाभि-सम्बन्धात्) + kriyā-yāṃa (क्रिया-यांअ) + puruṣa-śrutiḥ (पुरुष-श्रुतिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tadutsarge (तदुत्सर्गे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | tadutsarga (तदुत्सर्ग) |
| karmāṇi (कर्माणि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | acts |
| puruṣa-arthāya (पुरुष-अर्थाय) | dative singular | a compound: the person, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| śāstra-syāna-tiśa-ṅkyatvān (शास्त्र-स्यान-तिश-ङ्क्यत्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: a teaching, a treatise, syāna (स्यान), tiśa (तिश), and ṅkyatva (ङ्क्यत्व). Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a substance |
| cikīrṣyate (चिकीर्ष्यते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | cikīrṣyata (चिकीर्ष्यत) |
| tenā-rthe-nābhi-sambandhāt (तेना-र्थे-नाभि-सम्बन्धात्) | ablative singular | a compound: tenā (तेना), rthe (र्थे), nābhi (नाभि), and a connection. Read it from the end |
| kriyā-yāṃa (क्रिया-यांअ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: an act, and yāṃa (यांअ). Read it from the end |
| puruṣa-śrutiḥ (पुरुष-श्रुतिः) | nominative singular | a compound: the person, and heard. Read it from the end |
The phrases
tadutsarge (तदुत्सर्गे) is tadutsarga (तदुत्सर्ग). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. karmāṇi (कर्माणि) is acts. It stands as nominative or accusative plural, neuter. puruṣa-arthāya (पुरुष-अर्थाय) is a compound: the person, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as dative singular. śāstra-syāna-tiśa-ṅkyatvān (शास्त्र-स्यान-तिश-ङ्क्यत्वान्) is a compound: a teaching, a treatise, syāna (स्यान), tiśa (तिश), and ṅkyatva (ङ्क्यत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
dravyaṃ (द्रव्यं) is a substance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. cikīrṣyate (चिकीर्ष्यते) is cikīrṣyata (चिकीर्ष्यत). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tenā-rthe-nābhi-sambandhāt (तेना-र्थे-नाभि-सम्बन्धात्) is a compound: tenā (तेना), rthe (र्थे), nābhi (नाभि), and a connection. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. kriyā-yāṃa (क्रिया-यांअ) is a compound: an act, and yāṃa (यांअ). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. puruṣa-śrutiḥ (पुरुष-श्रुतिः) is a compound: the person, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śāstra-syāna-tiśa-ṅkyatvān (शास्त्र-स्यान-तिश-ङ्क्यत्वान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tadutsarge (तदुत्सर्गे) and karmāṇi (कर्माणि).