8.1.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.23
गुणकामेष्वाश्रितत्वात् प्रवृत्तिः स्यात्
guṇakāmeṣv āśritatvāt pravṛttiḥ syāt
The line
A compound: a quality, and kāmeṣva (कामेष्व), because of a compound: dependent, and the state of being that, activity, it would be, let it be granted.
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: guṇa-kāmeṣva (गुण-कामेष्व) + āśrita-tvāt (आश्रित-त्वात्) + pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| guṇa-kāmeṣva (गुण-कामेष्व) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: a quality, and kāmeṣva (कामेष्व). Read it from the end |
| āśrita-tvāt (आश्रित-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: dependent, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | activity |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
guṇa-kāmeṣva (गुण-कामेष्व) is a compound: a quality, and kāmeṣva (कामेष्व). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. āśrita-tvāt (आश्रित-त्वात्) is a compound: dependent, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
pravṛttiḥ (प्रवृत्तिः) is activity. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
guṇa-kāmeṣva (गुण-कामेष्व) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss guṇa-kāmeṣva (गुण-कामेष्व) and āśrita-tvāt (आश्रित-त्वात्).
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