6.1.45

न्याय्यो वा कर्मसंयोगाच् छूद्रस्य प्रतिषिद्धतत्वात्

nyāyyo vā karmasaṃyogāc chūdrasya pratiṣiddhatatvāt

The line

nyāyya (न्याय्य) or, because of a compound: action, and conjunction, of chūdra (छूद्र), because of a compound: toward, against, ṣiddha (षिद्ध), and tatva (तत्व).

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: nyāyyo (न्याय्यो) + vā (वा) + karma-saṃyogāt (कर्म-संयोगात्) + chūdrasya (छूद्रस्य) + prati-ṣiddha-tatvāt (प्रति-षिद्ध-तत्वात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

Word	Grammar	Sense
nyāyyo (न्याय्यो)	nominative singular, masculine	nyāyya (न्याय्य)
vā (वा)	indeclinable	or
karma-saṃyogāt (कर्म-संयोगात्)	ablative singular	a compound: action, and conjunction. Read it from the end
chūdrasya (छूद्रस्य)	genitive singular	chūdra (छूद्र)
prati-ṣiddha-tatvāt (प्रति-षिद्ध-तत्वात्)	ablative singular	a compound: toward, against, ṣiddha (षिद्ध), and tatva (तत्व). Read it from the end

The phrases

nyāyyo (न्याय्यो) is nyāyya (न्याय्य). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. karma-saṃyogāt (कर्म-संयोगात्) is a compound: action, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it karmasaṃyogāc (कर्मसंयोगाच्).

chūdrasya (छूद्रस्य) is chūdra (छूद्र). It stands as genitive singular. prati-ṣiddha-tatvāt (प्रति-षिद्ध-तत्वात्) is a compound: toward, against, ṣiddha (षिद्ध), and tatva (तत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.

Sanskrit in this line

prati-ṣiddha-tatvāt (प्रति-षिद्ध-तत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it karmasaṃyogāc (कर्मसंयोगाच्).

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss nyāyyo (न्याय्यो) and karma-saṃyogāt (कर्म-संयोगात्).

6.1.46. Because of akarmatva (अकर्मत्व) but, not thus, it would be, let it be granted.