9.1.12
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.12
अर्थकारिते च द्रव्येण न व्यवस्था स्यात्
arthakārite ca dravyeṇa na vyavasthā syāt
The line
In a compound: a thing, a meaning, and kārita (कारित) and, by means of a substance, not a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: artha-kārite (अर्थ-कारिते) + ca (च) + dravyeṇa (द्रव्येण) + na (न) + vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| artha-kārite (अर्थ-कारिते) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a thing, a meaning, and kārita (कारित). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| dravyeṇa (द्रव्येण) | instrumental singular | a substance |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
artha-kārite (अर्थ-कारिते) is a compound: a thing, a meaning, and kārita (कारित). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. dravyeṇa (द्रव्येण) is a substance. It stands as instrumental singular.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vyava-sthā (व्यव-स्था) is a compound: vyava (व्यव), and standing. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
artha-kārite (अर्थ-कारिते) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss artha-kārite (अर्थ-कारिते) and dravyeṇa (द्रव्येण).