4.2.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.17
अर्थकर्म वा कर्तृसंयोगात् स्रग्वत्
arthakarma vā kartṛsaṃyogāt sragvat
The line
A compound: a thing, a meaning, and action or, because of a compound: an agent, and conjunction, sragvat (स्रग्वत्).
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: artha-karma (अर्थ-कर्म) + vā (वा) + kartṛ-saṃyogāt (कर्तृ-संयोगात्) + sragvat (स्रग्वत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-karma (अर्थ-कर्म) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and action. Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kartṛ-saṃyogāt (कर्तृ-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an agent, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| sragvat (स्रग्वत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
artha-karma (अर्थ-कर्म) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and action. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
kartṛ-saṃyogāt (कर्तृ-संयोगात्) is a compound: an agent, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. sragvat (स्रग्वत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
kartṛ-saṃyogāt (कर्तृ-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-karma (अर्थ-कर्म) and kartṛ-saṃyogāt (कर्तृ-संयोगात्).
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