5.1.33
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.1.33
प्रापणाच् च निमित्तस्य
prāpaṇāc ca nimittasya
The line
Because of prāpaṇa (प्रापण) and, of the efficient ground.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Order. Sequence is fixed by the order of the words, and by other rules when the words do not decide. The line is short. asambandhāt (असम्बन्धात्) from 5.1.32 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: prāpaṇāc (प्रापणाच्) + ca (च) + nimittasya (निमित्तस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prāpaṇāc (प्रापणाच्) | ablative singular | prāpaṇa (प्रापण) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| nimittasya (निमित्तस्य) | genitive singular | the efficient ground |
The phrases
prāpaṇāc (प्रापणाच्) is prāpaṇa (प्रापण). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
nimittasya (निमित्तस्य) is the efficient ground. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
nimittasya (निमित्तस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prāpaṇāc (प्रापणाच्) and nimittasya (निमित्तस्य).