6.2.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.2.13
प्रकमात् तु नियम्येतारम्भस्य क्रियानिमित्तत्वात्
prakamāt tu niyamyetārambhasya kriyānimittatvāt
The line
Because of prakama (प्रकम) but, of niyamyetārambha (नियम्येतारम्भ), because of a compound: an act, the efficient ground, and the state of being that.
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: prakamāt (प्रकमात्) + tu (तु) + niyamyetārambhasya (नियम्येतारम्भस्य) + kriyā-nimitta-tvāt (क्रिया-निमित्त-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| prakamāt (प्रकमात्) | ablative singular | prakama (प्रकम) |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| niyamyetārambhasya (नियम्येतारम्भस्य) | genitive singular | niyamyetārambha (नियम्येतारम्भ) |
| kriyā-nimitta-tvāt (क्रिया-निमित्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an act, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
prakamāt (प्रकमात्) is prakama (प्रकम). It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
niyamyetārambhasya (नियम्येतारम्भस्य) is niyamyetārambha (नियम्येतारम्भ). It stands as genitive singular. kriyā-nimitta-tvāt (क्रिया-निमित्त-त्वात्) is a compound: an act, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
niyamyetārambhasya (नियम्येतारम्भस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss prakamāt (प्रकमात्) and niyamyetārambhasya (नियम्येतारम्भस्य).