6.4.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.16
अनर्थकश् च सर्वनाशे स्यात्
anarthakaś ca sarvanāśe syāt
The line
Of no point and, in a compound: all, and destruction, 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: anarthakaḥ (अनर्थकः) + ca (च) + sarva-nāśe (सर्व-नाशे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| anarthakaḥ (अनर्थकः) | nominative singular, masculine | of no point |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sarva-nāśe (सर्व-नाशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: all, and destruction. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
anarthakaḥ (अनर्थकः) is of no point. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it anarthakaś (अनर्थकश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
sarva-nāśe (सर्व-नाशे) is a compound: all, and destruction. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
anarthakaḥ (अनर्थकः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it anarthakaś (अनर्थकश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss anarthakaḥ (अनर्थकः) and sarva-nāśe (सर्व-नाशे).