9.2.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.2.8
असम्बन्धश् च कर्मणा शब्दयोः पृथगर्थत्वात्
asambandhaś ca karmaṇā śabdayoḥ pṛthagarthatvāt
The line
Not a connection and, by means of by the action, of a word, because of pṛthagarthatva (पृथगर्थत्व).
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: a-sambandhaḥ (अ-सम्बन्धः) + ca (च) + karmaṇā (कर्मणा) + śabdayoḥ (शब्दयोः) + pṛthagarthatvāt (पृथगर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| a-sambandhaḥ (अ-सम्बन्धः) | nominative singular, masculine | not a connection |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| karmaṇā (कर्मणा) | instrumental singular | by the action |
| śabdayoḥ (शब्दयोः) | genitive or locative dual | a word |
| pṛthagarthatvāt (पृथगर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | pṛthagarthatva (पृथगर्थत्व) |
The phrases
a-sambandhaḥ (अ-सम्बन्धः) is not a connection. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it sambandhaś (सम्बन्धश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. karmaṇā (कर्मणा) is by the action. It stands as instrumental singular.
śabdayoḥ (शब्दयोः) is a word. It stands as genitive or locative dual. pṛthagarthatvāt (पृथगर्थत्वात्) is pṛthagarthatva (पृथगर्थत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
pṛthagarthatvāt (पृथगर्थत्वात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it sambandhaś (सम्बन्धश्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss a-sambandhaḥ (अ-सम्बन्धः) and karmaṇā (कर्मणा).