11.1.21
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.1.21
अधिकारश् च सर्वेषां कार्यत्वादुपपद्यते विशेषः
adhikāraś ca sarveṣāṃ kāryatvād upapadyate viśeṣaḥ
The line
Eligibility and, of of all, because of a compound: an effect, and the state of being that, fits, a difference.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: adhikāraḥ (अधिकारः) + ca (च) + sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) + kārya-tvāt (कार्य-त्वात्) + upapadyate (उपपद्यते) + viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| adhikāraḥ (अधिकारः) | nominative singular, masculine | eligibility |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) | genitive plural | of all |
| kārya-tvāt (कार्य-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an effect, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| upapadyate (उपपद्यते) | present, third person singular | fits |
| viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | a difference |
The phrases
adhikāraḥ (अधिकारः) is eligibility. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it adhikāraś (अधिकारश्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) is of all. It stands as genitive plural.
kārya-tvāt (कार्य-त्वात्) is a compound: an effect, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kāryatvād (कार्यत्वाद्). upapadyate (उपपद्यते) is fits. It stands as present, third person singular. viśeṣaḥ (विशेषः) is a difference. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
kārya-tvāt (कार्य-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it adhikāraś (अधिकारश्). The line writes it kāryatvād (कार्यत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss adhikāraḥ (अधिकारः) and sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां).