5.3.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.3.21
संस्कृते कर्म संस्काराणां तदर्थत्वात्
saṃskṛte karma saṃskārāṇāṃ tadarthatvāt
The line
In the conditioned, an action, of a compounded thing, because of because it is for the sake of that.
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: saṃskṛte (संस्कृते) + karma (कर्म) + saṃskārāṇāṃ (संस्काराणां) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saṃskṛte (संस्कृते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the conditioned |
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| saṃskārāṇāṃ (संस्काराणां) | genitive plural | a compounded thing |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
saṃskṛte (संस्कृते) is the conditioned. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
saṃskārāṇāṃ (संस्काराणां) is a compounded thing. It stands as genitive plural. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saṃskṛte (संस्कृते) and karma (कर्म).
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