2.2.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.2.29
सर्वस्य वोक्तकामत्वात् तस्मिन् कामश्रुतिः स्यान् निधनार्था पुनः श्रुतिः
sarvasya voktakāmatvāt tasmin kāmaśrutiḥ syān nidhanārthā punaḥ śrutiḥ
The line
Of of all, because of a compound: or, what has been said, desire, and the state of being that, in in that, a compound: desire, and heard, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n, nidhanārtha (निधनार्थ), again, scripture.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 2. Which acts are different acts. The word for an action means the act, and from that the differences among rites are drawn. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sarvasya (सर्वस्य) + vā-ukta-kāma-tvāt (वा-उक्त-काम-त्वात्) + tasmin (तस्मिन्) + kāma-śrutiḥ (काम-श्रुतिः) + syān (स्यान्) + nidhanārthā (निधनार्था) + punaḥ (पुनः) + śrutiḥ (श्रुतिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvasya (सर्वस्य) | genitive singular | of all |
| vā-ukta-kāma-tvāt (वा-उक्त-काम-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: or, what has been said, desire, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tasmin (तस्मिन्) | locative singular | in that |
| kāma-śrutiḥ (काम-श्रुतिः) | nominative singular | a compound: desire, and heard. Read it from the end |
| syān (स्यान्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n |
| nidhanārthā (निधनार्था) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | nidhanārtha (निधनार्थ) |
| punaḥ (पुनः) | indeclinable | again |
| śrutiḥ (श्रुतिः) | nominative singular, feminine | scripture |
The phrases
sarvasya (सर्वस्य) is of all. It stands as genitive singular. vā-ukta-kāma-tvāt (वा-उक्त-काम-त्वात्) is a compound: or, what has been said, desire, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. tasmin (तस्मिन्) is in that. It stands as locative singular. kāma-śrutiḥ (काम-श्रुतिः) is a compound: desire, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular.
syān (स्यान्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before n. It stands as optative, third person singular. nidhanārthā (निधनार्था) is nidhanārtha (निधनार्थ). It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. punaḥ (पुनः) is again. It stands as indeclinable. śrutiḥ (श्रुतिः) is scripture. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
Sanskrit in this line
vā-ukta-kāma-tvāt (वा-उक्त-काम-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarvasya (सर्वस्य) and vā-ukta-kāma-tvāt (वा-उक्त-काम-त्वात्).