6.7.9
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.7.9
अपि वा शेषकर्म स्यात् क्रतोः प्रत्यक्षशिष्टत्वात्
api vā śeṣakarma syāt kratoḥ pratyakṣaśiṣṭatvāt
The line
Even or, a compound: the rest, what remains over, and action, it would be, let it be granted, of a rite, because of a compound: direct, and śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व).
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) + śeṣa-karma (शेष-कर्म) + syāt (स्यात्) + kratoḥ (क्रतोः) + pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śeṣa-karma (शेष-कर्म) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the rest, what remains over, and action. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| kratoḥ (क्रतोः) | genitive or ablative singular | a rite |
| pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: direct, and śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. śeṣa-karma (शेष-कर्म) is a compound: the rest, what remains over, and action. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. kratoḥ (क्रतोः) is a rite. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्) is a compound: direct, and śiṣṭatva (शिष्टत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pratyakṣa-śiṣṭatvāt (प्रत्यक्ष-शिष्टत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss śeṣa-karma (शेष-कर्म) and syāt (स्यात्).