6.4.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.38
कालस् तु स्यादचोदनात्
kālas tu syād acodanāt
The line
Time but, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, because of acodana (अचोदन).
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: kālaḥ (कालः) + tu (तु) + syād (स्याद्) + acodanāt (अचोदनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| acodanāt (अचोदनात्) | ablative singular | acodana (अचोदन) |
The phrases
kālaḥ (कालः) is time. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it kālas (काल). tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. acodanāt (अचोदनात्) is acodana (अचोदन). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
acodanāt (अचोदनात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it kālas (काल).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kālaḥ (कालः) and syād (स्याद्).
Next
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