6.2.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.2.15
नियमो वा तन्निमित्तत्वात् कर्तुस् तत्कारणं स्यात्
niyamo vā tannimittatvāt kartus tatkāraṇaṃ syāt
The line
A restriction or, because of a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that, of an agent, that, a cause, 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: niyamaḥ (नियमः) + vā (वा) + tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) + kartuḥ (कर्तुः) + tat (तत्) + kāraṇaṃ (कारणं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niyamaḥ (नियमः) | nominative singular, masculine | a restriction |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| kartuḥ (कर्तुः) | genitive or ablative singular, masculine | an agent |
| tat (तत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| kāraṇaṃ (कारणं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a cause |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
niyamaḥ (नियमः) is a restriction. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it niyamo. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is a compound: that, the efficient ground, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. kartuḥ (कर्तुः) is an agent. It stands as genitive or ablative singular, masculine. The line writes it kartus.
tat (तत्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. kāraṇaṃ (कारणं) is a cause. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as tatkāraṇaṃ (तत्कारणं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it niyamo. The line writes it kartus. The line joins them as tatkāraṇaṃ (तत्कारणं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niyamaḥ (नियमः) and tat-nimitta-tvāt (तत्-निमित्त-त्वात्).