6.2.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.2.1
पुरुषार्थैकसिद्धित्वात् तस्य तस्याधिकारः स्यात्
puruṣārthaikasiddhitvāt tasya tasyādhikāraḥ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: the person, a thing, a meaning, one, establishment, and the state of being that, of of that, his, tasyādhikāra (तस्याधिकार), 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: puruṣa-artha-eka-siddhi-tvāt (पुरुष-अर्थ-एक-सिद्धि-त्वात्) + tasya (तस्य) + tasyādhikāraḥ (तस्याधिकारः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| puruṣa-artha-eka-siddhi-tvāt (पुरुष-अर्थ-एक-सिद्धि-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the person, a thing, a meaning, one, establishment, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tasya (तस्य) | genitive singular | of that, his |
| tasyādhikāraḥ (तस्याधिकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | tasyādhikāra (तस्याधिकार) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
puruṣa-artha-eka-siddhi-tvāt (पुरुष-अर्थ-एक-सिद्धि-त्वात्) is a compound: the person, a thing, a meaning, one, establishment, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tasya (तस्य) is of that, his. It stands as genitive singular.
tasyādhikāraḥ (तस्याधिकारः) is tasyādhikāra (तस्याधिकार). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
puruṣa-artha-eka-siddhi-tvāt (पुरुष-अर्थ-एक-सिद्धि-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss puruṣa-artha-eka-siddhi-tvāt (पुरुष-अर्थ-एक-सिद्धि-त्वात्) and tasya (तस्य).