12.3.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 12 / 12.3.26
ब्राह्मणविहितेषु च संख्यावत् सर्वेषामुपदिष्ठत्वात्
brāhmaṇavihiteṣu ca saṃkhyāvat sarveṣām upadiṣṭhatvāt
The line
In a compound: a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage, and vihita (विहित) and, a compound: number, and possessing, of of all, because of upadiṣṭhatva (उपदिष्ठत्व).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 12. Prasaṅga (प्रसङ्ग), incidental application, and vikalpa (विकल्प), option. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: brāhmaṇa-vihiteṣu (ब्राह्मण-विहितेषु) + ca (च) + saṃkhyā-vat (संख्या-वत्) + sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्) + upadiṣṭhatvāt (उपदिष्ठत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| brāhmaṇa-vihiteṣu (ब्राह्मण-विहितेषु) | locative plural | a compound: a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage, and vihita (विहित). Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| saṃkhyā-vat (संख्या-वत्) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: number, and possessing. Read it from the end |
| sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्) | genitive plural | of all |
| upadiṣṭhatvāt (उपदिष्ठत्वात्) | ablative singular | upadiṣṭhatva (उपदिष्ठत्व) |
The phrases
brāhmaṇa-vihiteṣu (ब्राह्मण-विहितेषु) is a compound: a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage, and vihita (विहित). Read it from the end. It stands as locative plural. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. saṃkhyā-vat (संख्या-वत्) is a compound: number, and possessing. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्) is of all. It stands as genitive plural. upadiṣṭhatvāt (उपदिष्ठत्वात्) is upadiṣṭhatva (उपदिष्ठत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
brāhmaṇa-vihiteṣu (ब्राह्मण-विहितेषु) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss brāhmaṇa-vihiteṣu (ब्राह्मण-विहितेषु) and saṃkhyā-vat (संख्या-वत्).