6.1.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.1.4
फलार्थत्वात् कर्मणः शास्त्रं सर्वाधिकारं स्यात्
phalārthatvāt karmaṇaḥ śāstraṃ sarvādhikāraṃ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: a fruit, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, of of the action, from the action, a teaching, a treatise, 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: phala-artha-tvāt (फल-अर्थ-त्वात्) + karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) + śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) + sarva-adhikāraṃ (सर्व-अधिकारं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| phala-artha-tvāt (फल-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a fruit, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) | genitive or ablative singular | of the action, from the action |
| śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a teaching, a treatise |
| 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
phala-artha-tvāt (फल-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: a fruit, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) is of the action, from the action. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. śāstraṃ (शास्त्रं) is a teaching, a treatise. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
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
phala-artha-tvāt (फल-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss phala-artha-tvāt (फल-अर्थ-त्वात्) and karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः).