6.3.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.3.16
नियमार्थः क्वाचिद् विधिः
niyamārthaḥ kvācid vidhiḥ
The line
A compound: a restriction, and a thing, a meaning, kvācid (क्वाचिद्), an injunction.
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: niyama-arthaḥ (नियम-अर्थः) + kvācid (क्वाचिद्) + vidhiḥ (विधिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| niyama-arthaḥ (नियम-अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: a restriction, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| kvācid (क्वाचिद्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| vidhiḥ (विधिः) | nominative singular | an injunction |
The phrases
niyama-arthaḥ (नियम-अर्थः) is a compound: a restriction, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. kvācid (क्वाचिद्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
vidhiḥ (विधिः) is an injunction. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
niyama-arthaḥ (नियम-अर्थः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss niyama-arthaḥ (नियम-अर्थः) and kvācid (क्वाचिद्).
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