1.2.16
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 1 / 1.2.16
सर्वत्वमाधिकारिकम्
sarvatvam ādhikārikam
The line
The sense 'all' depends on the person who is eligible.
नेपालीमा
सबै भन्ने अर्थ अधिकार भएको व्यक्तिमा अड्छ।
Where it sits
This answers anyānarthakya (अन्यानर्थक्य) in 1.2.4, the fear that one sentence would idle the rest. Sarvatva is a feature of that fruit-wording. Adhikāra (अधिकार) is the statement of who may perform and for what. The pūrṇāhuti (पूर्णाहुति) injunction is the command the sentence completes.
Split: sarvatvam (सर्वत्वम्) + ādhikārikam (आधिकारिकम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvatvam (सर्वत्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | allness, the force of the word all |
| ādhikārikam (आधिकारिकम्) | nominative singular, neuter | belonging to the eligible person, depending on the statement of who undertakes the rite |
The phrases
By the pūrṇāhuti (पूर्णाहुति) one obtains all desires. That sentence is the remainder of 'he offers the pūrṇāhuti (पूर्णाहुति),' because the injunction expects it. 'He crosses death, who knows thus' is likewise the remainder of its own injunction.
The fruit-statement is praise. Saying 'all desires,' when not every desire is the fruit, is figurative. The word all looks to the person who is eligible, the man who has undertaken the rite for a desire of his own. It does not erase the other rites, and it does not hand him every object in the world.
Sanskrit in this line
Ādhikārika (आधिकारिक) is the adjective of adhikāra (अधिकार). Both words are neuter nominatives in agreement.
Say it back
Remember where 'all' works: it looks to the eligible man, and it does not cancel the other rites.
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