9.1.43
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.43
कर्माभावादेवमिति चेत्
karmābhāvād evam iti cet
The line
If you say that an action, because of because of absence thus, then.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The line is short. asaṃyogāt (असंयोगात्) from 9.1.42 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: karma (कर्म) + abhāvāt (अभावात्) + evam (एवम्) + iti (इति) + cet (चेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| karma (कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | an action |
| abhāvāt (अभावात्) | ablative singular | because of absence |
| evam (एवम्) | indeclinable | in this way |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus. It closes a quote or a thought |
| cet (चेत्) | indeclinable | if you say, if |
The phrases
karma (कर्म) is an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. abhāvāt (अभावात्) is because of absence. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as karmābhāvād (कर्माभावाद्). evam (एवम्) is in this way. It stands as indeclinable.
iti (इति) is thus. It closes a quote or a thought. It stands as indeclinable. cet (चेत्) is if you say, if. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
abhāvāt (अभावात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as karmābhāvād (कर्माभावाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss karma (कर्म) and abhāvāt (अभावात्).