6.1.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.1.27
निमित्तार्थे न बादरिस् तस्मात् सर्वाधिकारं स्यात्
nimittārthe na bādaris tasmāt sarvādhikāraṃ syāt
The line
In a compound: the efficient ground, and a thing, a meaning, not bādaris (बादरि), because of from that, a compound: all, and eligibility, it would be, let it be granted.
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: nimitta-arthe (निमित्त-अर्थे) + na (न) + bādaris (बादरि) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + sarva-adhikāraṃ (सर्व-अधिकारं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nimitta-arthe (निमित्त-अर्थे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: the efficient ground, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| bādaris (बादरि) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| sarva-adhikāraṃ (सर्व-अधिकारं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: all, and eligibility. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
nimitta-arthe (निमित्त-अर्थे) is a compound: the efficient ground, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. bādaris (बादरि) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular. sarva-adhikāraṃ (सर्व-अधिकारं) is a compound: all, and eligibility. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sarva-adhikāraṃ (सर्व-अधिकारं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nimitta-arthe (निमित्त-अर्थे) and bādaris (बादरि).