6.1.7
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.1.7
तदुक्तित्वाच् च दोषश्रुतिरविज्ञाते
taduktitvāc ca doṣaśrutir avijñāte
The line
Because of taduktitva (तदुक्तित्व) and, a compound: a fault, and heard, in not yet known.
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: taduktitvāc (तदुक्तित्वाच्) + ca (च) + doṣa-śrutiḥ (दोष-श्रुतिः) + avijñāte (अविज्ञाते)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| taduktitvāc (तदुक्तित्वाच्) | ablative singular | taduktitva (तदुक्तित्व) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| doṣa-śrutiḥ (दोष-श्रुतिः) | nominative singular | a compound: a fault, and heard. Read it from the end |
| avijñāte (अविज्ञाते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | not yet known |
The phrases
taduktitvāc (तदुक्तित्वाच्) is taduktitva (तदुक्तित्व). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
doṣa-śrutiḥ (दोष-श्रुतिः) is a compound: a fault, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular. The line writes it doṣaśrutir (दोषश्रुतिर्). avijñāte (अविज्ञाते) is not yet known. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
taduktitvāc (तदुक्तित्वाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it doṣaśrutir (दोषश्रुतिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss taduktitvāc (तदुक्तित्वाच्) and doṣa-śrutiḥ (दोष-श्रुतिः).