8.3.6
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.3.6
कालाभ्यासेऽपि बादरिः कर्मभेदात्
kālābhyāse 'pi bādariḥ karmabhedāt
The line
In a compound: time, and practice even, bādara (बादर), 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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: kāla-abhyāse (काल-अभ्यासे) + api (अपि) + bādariḥ (बादरिः) + karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kāla-abhyāse (काल-अभ्यासे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: time, and practice. Read it from the end |
| api (अपि) | indeclinable | also, even |
| bādariḥ (बादरिः) | nominative singular | bādara (बादर) |
| karma-bhedāt (कर्म-भेदात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, and a difference. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kāla-abhyāse (काल-अभ्यासे) is a compound: time, and practice. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. api (अपि) is also, even. It stands as indeclinable. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
bādariḥ (बादरिः) is bādara (बादर). It stands as nominative singular. 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
kāla-abhyāse (काल-अभ्यासे) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kāla-abhyāse (काल-अभ्यासे) and bādariḥ (बादरिः).