6.7.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.7.36
अपि वा कृत्स्नसंयोगादेकस्यैव प्रयोगः स्यात्
api vā kṛtsnasaṃyogād ekasyaiva prayogaḥ syāt
The line
Even or, because of a compound: kṛtsna (कृत्स्न), and conjunction, of one just, a performance, 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: api (अपि) + vā (वा) + kṛtsna-saṃyogāt (कृत्स्न-संयोगात्) + ekasya (एकस्य) + eva (एव) + prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kṛtsna-saṃyogāt (कृत्स्न-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: kṛtsna (कृत्स्न), and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| ekasya (एकस्य) | genitive singular | one |
| eva (एव) | indeclinable | only, just |
| prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) | nominative singular, masculine | a performance |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. kṛtsna-saṃyogāt (कृत्स्न-संयोगात्) is a compound: kṛtsna (कृत्स्न), and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kṛtsnasaṃyogād (कृत्स्नसंयोगाद्). ekasya (एकस्य) is one. It stands as genitive singular.
eva (एव) is only, just. It stands as indeclinable. The line joins it on as ekasyaiva. prayogaḥ (प्रयोगः) is a performance. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kṛtsna-saṃyogāt (कृत्स्न-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kṛtsnasaṃyogād (कृत्स्नसंयोगाद्). The line joins it on as ekasyaiva.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kṛtsna-saṃyogāt (कृत्स्न-संयोगात्) and ekasya (एकस्य).