6.3.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.3.39
अर्थद्रव्यविरोधेऽर्थो द्रव्याभावे तदुत्पत्तेर् द्रव्याणामर्थशेषत्वात्
arthadravyavirodhe 'rtho dravyābhāve tadutpatter dravyāṇām arthaśeṣatvāt
The line
In a compound: a thing, a meaning, a substance, and a clash, the thing, the meaning, in a compound: a substance, and absence, tadutpatter (तदुत्पत्तेर्), of a substance, because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, the rest, what remains over, 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: artha-dravya-virodhe (अर्थ-द्रव्य-विरोधे) + arthaḥ (अर्थः) + dravya-abhāve (द्रव्य-अभावे) + tadutpatter (तदुत्पत्तेर्) + dravyāṇām (द्रव्याणाम्) + artha-śeṣa-tvāt (अर्थ-शेष-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-dravya-virodhe (अर्थ-द्रव्य-विरोधे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a thing, a meaning, a substance, and a clash. Read it from the end |
| arthaḥ (अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | the thing, the meaning |
| dravya-abhāve (द्रव्य-अभावे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a substance, and absence. Read it from the end |
| tadutpatter (तदुत्पत्तेर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| dravyāṇām (द्रव्याणाम्) | genitive plural | a substance |
| artha-śeṣa-tvāt (अर्थ-शेष-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
artha-dravya-virodhe (अर्थ-द्रव्य-विरोधे) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, a substance, and a clash. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. arthaḥ (अर्थः) is the thing, the meaning. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. dravya-abhāve (द्रव्य-अभावे) is a compound: a substance, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
tadutpatter (तदुत्पत्तेर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. dravyāṇām (द्रव्याणाम्) is a substance. It stands as genitive plural. artha-śeṣa-tvāt (अर्थ-शेष-त्वात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-dravya-virodhe (अर्थ-द्रव्य-विरोधे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-dravya-virodhe (अर्थ-द्रव्य-विरोधे) and arthaḥ (अर्थः).
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