6.1.5
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.1.5
कर्तुर् वा श्रुतिसंयोगाद् विधिः कार्त्स्न्येन गम्यते
kartur vā śrutisaṃyogād vidhiḥ kārtsnyena gamyate
The line
Of an agent or, because of because of the joining with the direct word, an injunction, by means of kārtsnya (कार्त्स्न्य), is gone to.
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: kartuḥ (कर्तुः) + vā (वा) + śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) + vidhiḥ (विधिः) + kārtsnyena (कार्त्स्न्येन) + gamyate (गम्यते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kartuḥ (कर्तुः) | genitive or ablative singular, masculine | an agent |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) | ablative singular | because of the joining with the direct word |
| vidhiḥ (विधिः) | nominative singular | an injunction |
| kārtsnyena (कार्त्स्न्येन) | instrumental singular | kārtsnya (कार्त्स्न्य) |
| gamyate (गम्यते) | present, third person singular | is gone to |
The phrases
kartuḥ (कर्तुः) is an agent. It stands as genitive or ablative singular, masculine. The line writes it kartur. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is because of the joining with the direct word. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it śrutisaṃyogād (श्रुतिसंयोगाद्).
vidhiḥ (विधिः) is an injunction. It stands as nominative singular. kārtsnyena (कार्त्स्न्येन) is kārtsnya (कार्त्स्न्य). It stands as instrumental singular. gamyate (गम्यते) is is gone to. It stands as present, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kartur. The line writes it śrutisaṃyogād (श्रुतिसंयोगाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kartuḥ (कर्तुः) and śrutisaṃyogāt (श्रुतिसंयोगात्).