6.6.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.6.14
अर्थानां च विभक्तत्वान् न तच्छ्रुतेन संबन्धः
arthānāṃ ca vibhaktatvān na tacchrutena saṃbandhaḥ
The line
Of a thing, a meaning and, vibhaktatva (विभक्तत्व), not by means of tacchruta (तच्छ्रुत), saṃbandha (संबन्ध).
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: arthānāṃ (अर्थानां) + ca (च) + vibhaktatvān (विभक्तत्वान्) + na (न) + tacchrutena (तच्छ्रुतेन) + saṃbandhaḥ (संबन्धः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| arthānāṃ (अर्थानां) | genitive plural | a thing, a meaning |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| vibhaktatvān (विभक्तत्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | vibhaktatva (विभक्तत्व) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| tacchrutena (तच्छ्रुतेन) | instrumental singular | tacchruta (तच्छ्रुत) |
| saṃbandhaḥ (संबन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | saṃbandha (संबन्ध) |
The phrases
arthānāṃ (अर्थानां) is a thing, a meaning. It stands as genitive plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. vibhaktatvān (विभक्तत्वान्) is vibhaktatva (विभक्तत्व). It stands as accusative plural, masculine.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. tacchrutena (तच्छ्रुतेन) is tacchruta (तच्छ्रुत). It stands as instrumental singular. saṃbandhaḥ (संबन्धः) is saṃbandha (संबन्ध). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
vibhaktatvān (विभक्तत्वान्) is accusative plural, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss arthānāṃ (अर्थानां) and vibhaktatvān (विभक्तत्वान्).