8.1.20
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.20
कर्मणस् त्वप्रवृत्तित्वात् फलनियमकर्तृ समुदायस्यानन्वयस् तद्बन्धनत्वात्
karmaṇas tv apravṛttitvāt phalaniyamakartṛ samudāyasyānanvayas tadbandhanatvāt
The line
Of of the action, from the action, the state of being that, a compound: apra (अप्र), an activity of the mind, and tvāta (त्वात), a compound: a fruit, a restriction, and an agent, a compound: samu (समु), dāyasyā (दायस्या), is it not, and ayasa (अयस), because of a compound: that, bondage, and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Transfer by specific indications. The signs in a variant rite's own sentence say which model it borrows from. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) + tva (त्व) + apra-vṛtti-tvāta (अप्र-वृत्ति-त्वात) + phala-niyama-kartṛ (फल-नियम-कर्तृ) + samu-dāyasyā-nanu-ayasa (समु-दायस्या-ननु-अयस) + tad-bandhana-tvāt (तद्-बन्धन-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) | genitive or ablative singular | of the action, from the action |
| tva (त्व) | the stem, as the line writes it | the state of being that |
| apra-vṛtti-tvāta (अप्र-वृत्ति-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: apra (अप्र), an activity of the mind, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
| phala-niyama-kartṛ (फल-नियम-कर्तृ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a fruit, a restriction, and an agent. Read it from the end |
| samu-dāyasyā-nanu-ayasa (समु-दायस्या-ननु-अयस) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: samu (समु), dāyasyā (दायस्या), is it not, and ayasa (अयस). Read it from the end |
| tad-bandhana-tvāt (तद्-बन्धन-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: that, bondage, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) is of the action, from the action. It stands as genitive or ablative singular. The line writes it karmaṇas (कर्मण). tva (त्व) is the state of being that. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it. apra-vṛtti-tvāta (अप्र-वृत्ति-त्वात) is a compound: apra (अप्र), an activity of the mind, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
phala-niyama-kartṛ (फल-नियम-कर्तृ) is a compound: a fruit, a restriction, and an agent. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. samu-dāyasyā-nanu-ayasa (समु-दायस्या-ननु-अयस) is a compound: samu (समु), dāyasyā (दायस्या), is it not, and ayasa (अयस). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. tad-bandhana-tvāt (तद्-बन्धन-त्वात्) is a compound: that, bondage, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
samu-dāyasyā-nanu-ayasa (समु-दायस्या-ननु-अयस) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it karmaṇas (कर्मण).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karmaṇaḥ (कर्मणः) and tva (त्व).
Next
8.1.21. Activity, setting out to act and even, because of because it is for that.