6.6.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.6.8
नैकत्वात्तस्य चानधिकाराच् छब्दस्य चाविभक्तत्वात्
naikatvāttasya cānadhikārāc chabdasya cāvibhaktatvāt
The line
Not of ekatvātta (एकत्वात्त), because of cānadhikāra (चानधिकार), of chabda (छब्द), because of cāvibhaktatva (चाविभक्तत्व).
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: na (न) + ekatvāttasya (एकत्वात्तस्य) + cānadhikārāc (चानधिकाराच्) + chabdasya (छब्दस्य) + cāvibhaktatvāt (चाविभक्तत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| ekatvāttasya (एकत्वात्तस्य) | genitive singular | ekatvātta (एकत्वात्त) |
| cānadhikārāc (चानधिकाराच्) | ablative singular | cānadhikāra (चानधिकार) |
| chabdasya (छब्दस्य) | genitive singular | chabda (छब्द) |
| cāvibhaktatvāt (चाविभक्तत्वात्) | ablative singular | cāvibhaktatva (चाविभक्तत्व) |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. ekatvāttasya (एकत्वात्तस्य) is ekatvātta (एकत्वात्त). It stands as genitive singular. cānadhikārāc (चानधिकाराच्) is cānadhikāra (चानधिकार). It stands as ablative singular.
chabdasya (छब्दस्य) is chabda (छब्द). It stands as genitive singular. cāvibhaktatvāt (चाविभक्तत्वात्) is cāvibhaktatva (चाविभक्तत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
cāvibhaktatvāt (चाविभक्तत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ekatvāttasya (एकत्वात्तस्य) and cānadhikārāc (चानधिकाराच्).