6.1.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.1.19
क्रीतत्वात् तु भक्त्या स्वामित्वमुच्यते
krītatvāt tu bhaktyā svāmitvam ucyate
The line
Because of krītatva (क्रीतत्व) but, by means of by devotion, svāmitva (स्वामित्व), is said.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. Who may perform. Eligibility, and the way substances are tied to an act. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: krītatvāt (क्रीतत्वात्) + tu (तु) + bhaktyā (भक्त्या) + svāmitvam (स्वामित्वम्) + ucyate (उच्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| krītatvāt (क्रीतत्वात्) | ablative singular | krītatva (क्रीतत्व) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| bhaktyā (भक्त्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by devotion |
| svāmitvam (स्वामित्वम्) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | svāmitva (स्वामित्व) |
| ucyate (उच्यते) | present, third person singular | is said |
The phrases
krītatvāt (क्रीतत्वात्) is krītatva (क्रीतत्व). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. bhaktyā (भक्त्या) is by devotion. It stands as instrumental singular, feminine.
svāmitvam (स्वामित्वम्) is svāmitva (स्वामित्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ucyate (उच्यते) is is said. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
krītatvāt (क्रीतत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss krītatvāt (क्रीतत्वात्) and bhaktyā (भक्त्या).