6.4.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.15
न शेषभूतत्वात्
na śeṣabhūtatvāt
The line
Not because of a compound: the rest, what remains over, and being already there.
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 line is short. bheda-artham (भेद-अर्थम्) from 6.4.14 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + śeṣa-bhūtatvāt (शेष-भूतत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| śeṣa-bhūtatvāt (शेष-भूतत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and being already there. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
śeṣa-bhūtatvāt (शेष-भूतत्वात्) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and being already there. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
śeṣa-bhūtatvāt (शेष-भूतत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣa-bhūtatvāt (शेष-भूतत्वात्).
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6.4.16. Of no point and, in a compound: all, and destruction, it would be, let it be granted.