10.3.73
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.3.73
सर्वं वा पुरुषापनयात् तासां क्रतुप्रधानत्वात्
sarvaṃ vā puruṣāpanayāt tāsāṃ kratupradhānatvāt
The line
All or, because of a compound: puru (पुरु), ṣāpa (षाप), and a standpoint, of tāsa (तास), because of a compound: a rite, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sarvaṃ (सर्वं) + vā (वा) + puru-ṣāpa-nayāt (पुरु-षाप-नयात्) + tāsāṃ (तासां) + kratu-pradhāna-tvāt (क्रतु-प्रधान-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvaṃ (सर्वं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | all |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| puru-ṣāpa-nayāt (पुरु-षाप-नयात्) | ablative singular | a compound: puru (पुरु), ṣāpa (षाप), and a standpoint. Read it from the end |
| tāsāṃ (तासां) | genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine | tāsa (तास) |
| kratu-pradhāna-tvāt (क्रतु-प्रधान-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a rite, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sarvaṃ (सर्वं) is all. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. puru-ṣāpa-nayāt (पुरु-षाप-नयात्) is a compound: puru (पुरु), ṣāpa (षाप), and a standpoint. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
tāsāṃ (तासां) is tāsa (तास). It stands as genitive plural, or accusative singular, feminine. kratu-pradhāna-tvāt (क्रतु-प्रधान-त्वात्) is a compound: a rite, the unmanifest of Sāṅkhya (साङ्ख्य), and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kratu-pradhāna-tvāt (क्रतु-प्रधान-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarvaṃ (सर्वं) and puru-ṣāpa-nayāt (पुरु-षाप-नयात्).