3.2.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.15
कृत्स्नोपदेशादुभयत्र सर्ववचनम्
kṛtsnopadeśād ubhayatra sarvavacanam
The line
Because of a compound: kṛtsnopa (कृत्स्नोप), and a place, in both, a compound: all, and a statement.
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: kṛtsnopa-deśāt (कृत्स्नोप-देशात्) + ubhayatra (उभयत्र) + sarva-vacanam (सर्व-वचनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kṛtsnopa-deśāt (कृत्स्नोप-देशात्) | ablative singular | a compound: kṛtsnopa (कृत्स्नोप), and a place. Read it from the end |
| ubhayatra (उभयत्र) | the stem, as the line writes it | in both |
| sarva-vacanam (सर्व-वचनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: all, and a statement. Read it from the end |
The phrases
kṛtsnopa-deśāt (कृत्स्नोप-देशात्) is a compound: kṛtsnopa (कृत्स्नोप), and a place. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kṛtsnopadeśād (कृत्स्नोपदेशाद्). ubhayatra (उभयत्र) is in both. It stands as the stem, as the line writes it.
sarva-vacanam (सर्व-वचनम्) is a compound: all, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
kṛtsnopa-deśāt (कृत्स्नोप-देशात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kṛtsnopadeśād (कृत्स्नोपदेशाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kṛtsnopa-deśāt (कृत्स्नोप-देशात्) and ubhayatra (उभयत्र).