6.5.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.5.13
प्रवृत्ते वा प्रापणान् निमित्तस्य
pravṛtte vā prāpaṇān nimittasya
The line
In activity, setting out to act or, prāpaṇa (प्रापण), of the efficient ground.
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: pravṛtte (प्रवृत्ते) + vā (वा) + prāpaṇān (प्रापणान्) + nimittasya (निमित्तस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pravṛtte (प्रवृत्ते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | activity, setting out to act |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| prāpaṇān (प्रापणान्) | accusative plural, masculine | prāpaṇa (प्रापण) |
| nimittasya (निमित्तस्य) | genitive singular | the efficient ground |
The phrases
pravṛtte (प्रवृत्ते) is activity, setting out to act. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
prāpaṇān (प्रापणान्) is prāpaṇa (प्रापण). It stands as accusative plural, masculine. nimittasya (निमित्तस्य) is the efficient ground. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
nimittasya (निमित्तस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss pravṛtte (प्रवृत्ते) and prāpaṇān (प्रापणान्).