4.2.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.13
न तस्यानधिकारादर्थस्य च कृतत्वात्
na tasyānadhikārād arthasya ca kṛtatvāt
The line
Not because of tasyānadhikāra (तस्यानधिकार), of of the thing and, because of a compound: made, done, and the state of being that.
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: na (न) + tasyānadhikārād (तस्यानधिकाराद्) + arthasya (अर्थस्य) + ca (च) + kṛta-tvāt (कृत-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tasyānadhikārād (तस्यानधिकाराद्) | ablative singular | tasyānadhikāra (तस्यानधिकार) |
| arthasya (अर्थस्य) | genitive singular | of the thing |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| kṛta-tvāt (कृत-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: made, done, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tasyānadhikārād (तस्यानधिकाराद्) is tasyānadhikāra (तस्यानधिकार). It stands as ablative singular. arthasya (अर्थस्य) is of the thing. It stands as genitive singular.
ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. 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.
Sanskrit in this line
tasyānadhikārād (तस्यानधिकाराद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tasyānadhikārād (तस्यानधिकाराद्) and arthasya (अर्थस्य).