6.1.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.1.3
प्रत्यर्थं चाभिसंयोगात्कर्मतो ह्यभिसम्बन्धस् तस्मात् कर्मोपदेशः स्यात्
pratyarthaṃ cābhisaṃyogātkarmato hy abhisambandhas tasmāt karmopadeśaḥ syāt
The line
A compound: toward, against, and a thing, a meaning, cābhisaṃyogātkarmata (चाभिसंयोगात्कर्मत). A compound: abhi (अभि), and a connection, because of from that, a compound: action, and teaching, 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: prati-arthaṃ (प्रति-अर्थं) + cābhisaṃyogātkarmato (चाभिसंयोगात्कर्मतो) + hy (ह्य्) + abhi-sambandhaḥ (अभि-सम्बन्धः) + tasmāt (तस्मात्) + karma-upadeśaḥ (कर्म-उपदेशः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prati-arthaṃ (प्रति-अर्थं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: toward, against, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| cābhisaṃyogātkarmato (चाभिसंयोगात्कर्मतो) | nominative singular, masculine | cābhisaṃyogātkarmata (चाभिसंयोगात्कर्मत) |
| hy (ह्य्) | indeclinable | for, indeed. hi before a vowel |
| abhi-sambandhaḥ (अभि-सम्बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: abhi (अभि), and a connection. Read it from the end |
| tasmāt (तस्मात्) | ablative singular | from that |
| karma-upadeśaḥ (कर्म-उपदेशः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: action, and teaching. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
prati-arthaṃ (प्रति-अर्थं) is a compound: toward, against, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. cābhisaṃyogātkarmato (चाभिसंयोगात्कर्मतो) is cābhisaṃyogātkarmata (चाभिसंयोगात्कर्मत). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. hy (ह्य्) is for, indeed. hi before a vowel. It stands as indeclinable. abhi-sambandhaḥ (अभि-सम्बन्धः) is a compound: abhi (अभि), and a connection. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it abhisambandhas.
tasmāt (तस्मात्) is from that. It stands as ablative singular. karma-upadeśaḥ (कर्म-उपदेशः) is a compound: action, and teaching. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cābhisaṃyogātkarmato (चाभिसंयोगात्कर्मतो) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it abhisambandhas.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prati-arthaṃ (प्रति-अर्थं) and cābhisaṃyogātkarmato (चाभिसंयोगात्कर्मतो).