6.4.41
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.4.41
कालश् चेत् सन्नयत्पक्षे तल्लिङ्गसंयोगात्
kālaś cet sannayatpakṣe talliṅgasaṃyogāt
The line
If you say that time, then in a compound: what is, not, which, that which, and a side, a thesis, because of a compound: that, a mark, and conjunction.
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) + cet (चेत्) + sad-na-yat-pakṣe (सद्-न-यत्-पक्षे) + tat-liṅga-saṃyogāt (तत्-लिङ्ग-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
| sad-na-yat-pakṣe (सद्-न-यत्-पक्षे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: what is, not, which, that which, and a side, a thesis. Read it from the end |
| tat-liṅga-saṃyogāt (तत्-लिङ्ग-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, a mark, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kālaḥ (कालः) is time. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it kālaś (कालश्). cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
sad-na-yat-pakṣe (सद्-न-यत्-पक्षे) is a compound: what is, not, which, that which, and a side, a thesis. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. tat-liṅga-saṃyogāt (तत्-लिङ्ग-संयोगात्) is a compound: that, a mark, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
tat-liṅga-saṃyogāt (तत्-लिङ्ग-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kālaś (कालश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kālaḥ (कालः) and sad-na-yat-pakṣe (सद्-न-यत्-पक्षे).