5.2.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.2.21
कृतदेशात् तु पूर्वेषां स देशः स्यात् तेन प्रत्यक्षसंयोगान् नयायमात्रमितरत्
kṛtadeśāt tu pūrveṣāṃ sa deśaḥ syāt tena pratyakṣasaṃyogān nayāyamātramitarat
The line
Because of a compound: made, done, and a place but, of pūrveṣa (पूर्वेष), he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant, a place, it would be, let it be granted, by means of by that, a compound: direct, and conjunction, nayāyamātramitarat (नयायमात्रमितरत्).
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kṛta-deśāt (कृत-देशात्) + tu (तु) + pūrveṣāṃ (पूर्वेषां) + sa (स) + deśaḥ (देशः) + syāt (स्यात्) + tena (तेन) + pratyakṣa-saṃyogān (प्रत्यक्ष-संयोगान्) + nayāyamātramitarat (नयायमात्रमितरत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kṛta-deśāt (कृत-देशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: made, done, and a place. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| pūrveṣāṃ (पूर्वेषां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | pūrveṣa (पूर्वेष) |
| sa (स) | nominative singular, masculine | he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant |
| deśaḥ (देशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a place |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tena (तेन) | instrumental singular | by that |
| pratyakṣa-saṃyogān (प्रत्यक्ष-संयोगान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: direct, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| nayāyamātramitarat (नयायमात्रमितरत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
kṛta-deśāt (कृत-देशात्) is a compound: made, done, and a place. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. pūrveṣāṃ (पूर्वेषां) is pūrveṣa (पूर्वेष). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. sa (स) is he, that. saḥ (सः) before a consonant. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. deśaḥ (देशः) is a place. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. tena (तेन) is by that. It stands as instrumental singular. pratyakṣa-saṃyogān (प्रत्यक्ष-संयोगान्) is a compound: direct, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. nayāyamātramitarat (नयायमात्रमितरत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyakṣa-saṃyogān (प्रत्यक्ष-संयोगान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kṛta-deśāt (कृत-देशात्) and pūrveṣāṃ (पूर्वेषां).
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