6.6.13
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.6.13
अर्थाभावात् तु नैवं स्यात्
arthābhāvāt tu naivaṃ syāt
The line
Because of a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence but, not thus, 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 line is short. vacanāt (वचनात्) from 6.6.12 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) + tu (तु) + na (न) + evaṃ (एवं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence. Read it from the end |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| evaṃ (एवं) | indeclinable | in this way |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and absence. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable.
evaṃ (एवं) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as naivaṃ (नैवं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-abhāvāt (अर्थ-अभावात्) and syāt (स्यात्).