9.4.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.4.26
कार्त्स्न्यं वा स्यात् तथाभावात्
kārtsnyaṃ vā syāt tathābhāvāt
The line
kārtsnya (कार्त्स्न्य) or, it would be, let it be granted, so, in that way, because of because of absence.
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: kārtsnyaṃ (कार्त्स्न्यं) + vā (वा) + syāt (स्यात्) + tathā (तथा) + abhāvāt (अभावात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kārtsnyaṃ (कार्त्स्न्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | kārtsnya (कार्त्स्न्य) |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| abhāvāt (अभावात्) | ablative singular | because of absence |
The phrases
kārtsnyaṃ (कार्त्स्न्यं) is kārtsnya (कार्त्स्न्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. abhāvāt (अभावात्) is because of absence. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as tathābhāvāt (तथाभावात्).
Sanskrit in this line
kārtsnyaṃ (कार्त्स्न्यं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as tathābhāvāt (तथाभावात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kārtsnyaṃ (कार्त्स्न्यं) and syāt (स्यात्).
Next
9.4.27. adhrigoś (अध्रिगोश्) and, because of because it is for the sake of that.