3.1.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.1.8
विहितस् तु सर्वधर्मः स्यात् संयोगतोऽविशेषात् प्रकरणाविशेषाच् च
vihitas tu sarvadharmaḥ syāt saṃyogato 'viśeṣāt prakaraṇāviśeṣāc ca
The line
vihitas (विहित) but, a compound: all, and dharma, a property, it would be, let it be granted, a compound: saṃyo (संयो), and gone, because of because there is no difference, because of a compound: the context, and no difference and.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: vihitas (विहित) + tu (तु) + sarva-dharmaḥ (सर्व-धर्मः) + syāt (स्यात्) + saṃyo-gato (संयो-गतो) + aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) + prakaraṇa-aviśeṣāt (प्रकरण-अविशेषात्) + ca (च)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vihitas (विहित) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| sarva-dharmaḥ (सर्व-धर्मः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: all, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| saṃyo-gato (संयो-गतो) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: saṃyo (संयो), and gone. Read it from the end |
| aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | because there is no difference |
| prakaraṇa-aviśeṣāt (प्रकरण-अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the context, and no difference. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
The phrases
vihitas (विहित) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. sarva-dharmaḥ (सर्व-धर्मः) is a compound: all, and dharma, a property. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
saṃyo-gato (संयो-गतो) is a compound: saṃyo (संयो), and gone. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) is because there is no difference. It stands as ablative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. prakaraṇa-aviśeṣāt (प्रकरण-अविशेषात्) is a compound: the context, and no difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prakaraṇāviśeṣāc (प्रकरणाविशेषाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
prakaraṇa-aviśeṣāt (प्रकरण-अविशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The line writes it prakaraṇāviśeṣāc (प्रकरणाविशेषाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vihitas (विहित) and sarva-dharmaḥ (सर्व-धर्मः).