4.4.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.4.11
नित्यो वा स्यादर्थवादस्तयोः कर्मण्यसम्बन्धाद् भङ्गित्वाच् चान्तरायस्य
nityo vā syād arthavādastayoḥ karmaṇy asambandhād bhaṅgitvāc cāntarāyasya
The line
Eternal or, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and vādasta (वादस्त), karmaṇy (कर्मण्य्), because of asambandha (असम्बन्ध), because of bhaṅgitva (भङ्गित्व), of a compound: and, and an obstruction.
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: nityaḥ (नित्यः) + vā (वा) + syād (स्याद्) + artha-vādastayoḥ (अर्थ-वादस्तयोः) + karmaṇy (कर्मण्य्) + asambandhād (असम्बन्धाद्) + bhaṅgitvāc (भङ्गित्वाच्) + ca-antarāyasya (च-अन्तरायस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nityaḥ (नित्यः) | nominative singular, masculine | eternal |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| artha-vādastayoḥ (अर्थ-वादस्तयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and vādasta (वादस्त). Read it from the end |
| karmaṇy (कर्मण्य्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| asambandhād (असम्बन्धाद्) | ablative singular | asambandha (असम्बन्ध) |
| bhaṅgitvāc (भङ्गित्वाच्) | ablative singular | bhaṅgitva (भङ्गित्व) |
| ca-antarāyasya (च-अन्तरायस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: and, and an obstruction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
nityaḥ (नित्यः) is eternal. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it nityo. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. artha-vādastayoḥ (अर्थ-वादस्तयोः) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and vādasta (वादस्त). Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or locative dual.
karmaṇy (कर्मण्य्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. asambandhād (असम्बन्धाद्) is asambandha (असम्बन्ध). It stands as ablative singular. bhaṅgitvāc (भङ्गित्वाच्) is bhaṅgitva (भङ्गित्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca-antarāyasya (च-अन्तरायस्य) is a compound: and, and an obstruction. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-vādastayoḥ (अर्थ-वादस्तयोः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it nityo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nityaḥ (नित्यः) and syād (स्याद्).