6.1.46
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.1.46
अकर्मत्वात् तु नैवं स्यात्
akarmatvāt tu naivaṃ syāt
The line
Because of akarmatva (अकर्मत्व) but, not thus, 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 line is short. nyāyyo (न्याय्यो) from 6.1.45 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: akarmatvāt (अकर्मत्वात्) + tu (तु) + na (न) + evaṃ (एवं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| akarmatvāt (अकर्मत्वात्) | ablative singular | akarmatva (अकर्मत्व) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
akarmatvāt (अकर्मत्वात्) is akarmatva (अकर्मत्व). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
akarmatvāt (अकर्मत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss akarmatvāt (अकर्मत्वात्) and syāt (स्यात्).