6.1.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.1.37
अबैद्यत्वादभावः कर्मणि स्यात्
abaidyatvād abhāvaḥ karmaṇi syāt
The line
Because of abaidyatva (अबैद्यत्व), absence, in in the action, 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: abaidyatvād (अबैद्यत्वाद्) + abhāvaḥ (अभावः) + karmaṇi (कर्मणि) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| abaidyatvād (अबैद्यत्वाद्) | ablative singular | abaidyatva (अबैद्यत्व) |
| abhāvaḥ (अभावः) | nominative singular, masculine | absence |
| karmaṇi (कर्मणि) | locative singular | in the action |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
abaidyatvād (अबैद्यत्वाद्) is abaidyatva (अबैद्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular. abhāvaḥ (अभावः) is absence. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
karmaṇi (कर्मणि) is in the action. It stands as locative singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
abaidyatvād (अबैद्यत्वाद्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss abaidyatvād (अबैद्यत्वाद्) and abhāvaḥ (अभावः).