1.1.19
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.1.19
सर्वत्र यौगपद्यात्
sarvatra yaugapadyāt
The line
Because the cognition arises everywhere at once, the word is eternal.
नेपालीमा
ज्ञान एकैचोटि जताततै उठ्ने भएकाले शब्द नित्य हो।
Where it sits
Nityaḥ (नित्यः) syāt (स्यात्) from 1.1.18 is still the statement being supported. Yaugapadya, used by the objector in 1.1.9 and compared to the sun in 1.1.15, is now the simultaneity of the cognition toward every cow.
Split: sarvatra (सर्वत्र) + yaugapadyāt (यौगपद्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvatra (सर्वत्र) | indeclinable | everywhere, toward all of them |
| yaugapadyāt (यौगपद्यात्) | ablative singular, neuter | because of simultaneity |
The phrases
When the word go is uttered, the cognition arises at once toward cows in general, not toward one cow that was pointed at.
A person who invented the connection would have to single out the common form and tie the word to it. In any one cow many forms are present. Without a word already in use, he would have no way to point out the form the word is for. A lasting word, heard again and again, can be learned as the name of the common form by what is present and what is absent.
Sanskrit in this line
Sarvatra is an indeclinable of place and extent. The ablative gives a reason, with nityaḥ (नित्यः) syāt (स्यात्) still understood.
Say it back
Say that one utterance of go reaches cows in general, and that this fits a word that lasts.
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1.1.20. People count utterances, not a plurality of the word.