8.1.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.1.24
निवृत्तिर् वा कर्मभेदात्
nivṛttir vā karmabhedāt
The line
Ceasing or, because of a compound: action, and a difference.
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 line is short. guṇa-kāmeṣva (गुण-कामेष्व) from 8.1.23 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) + vā (वा) + karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) | nominative singular, feminine | ceasing |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end |
The phrases
nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) is ceasing. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. The line writes it nivṛttir (निवृत्तिर्). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) is a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it nivṛttir (निवृत्तिर्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss nivṛttiḥ (निवृत्तिः) and karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्).