4.2.18
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.18
कर्मयुक्ते च दर्शनात्
karmayukte ca darśanāt
The line
In a compound: action, and fit, right and, because of from seeing, because one sees.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The line is short. artha-karma (अर्थ-कर्म) from 4.2.17 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: karma-yukte (कर्म-युक्ते) + ca (च) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma-yukte (कर्म-युक्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: action, and fit, right. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
The phrases
karma-yukte (कर्म-युक्ते) is a compound: action, and fit, right. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-yukte (कर्म-युक्ते) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma-yukte (कर्म-युक्ते) and darśanāt (दर्शनात्).