2.4.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 2 / 2.4.11
सर्वेषां चैककर्म्यं स्यात्
sarveṣāṃ caikakarmyaṃ syāt
The line
Of of all, caikakarmya (चैककर्म्य), it would be, let it be granted.
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: sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) + caikakarmyaṃ (चैककर्म्यं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) | genitive plural | of all |
| caikakarmyaṃ (चैककर्म्यं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | caikakarmya (चैककर्म्य) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) is of all. It stands as genitive plural. caikakarmyaṃ (चैककर्म्यं) is caikakarmya (चैककर्म्य). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
caikakarmyaṃ (चैककर्म्यं) is accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) and caikakarmyaṃ (चैककर्म्यं).
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