3.2.29
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.29
पुनरभ्युन्नीतेषु सर्वेषामुपलक्षणं द्विशेषत्वात्
punarabhyunnīteṣu sarveṣām upalakṣaṇaṃ dviśeṣatvāt
The line
In punarabhyunnīta (पुनरभ्युन्नीत), of of all, upalakṣaṇa (उपलक्षण), because of a compound: two, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that.
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: punarabhyunnīteṣu (पुनरभ्युन्नीतेषु) + sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्) + upalakṣaṇaṃ (उपलक्षणं) + dvi-śeṣa-tvāt (द्वि-शेष-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| punarabhyunnīteṣu (पुनरभ्युन्नीतेषु) | locative plural | punarabhyunnīta (पुनरभ्युन्नीत) |
| sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्) | genitive plural | of all |
| upalakṣaṇaṃ (उपलक्षणं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | upalakṣaṇa (उपलक्षण) |
| dvi-śeṣa-tvāt (द्वि-शेष-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: two, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
punarabhyunnīteṣu (पुनरभ्युन्नीतेषु) is punarabhyunnīta (पुनरभ्युन्नीत). It stands as locative plural. sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्) is of all. It stands as genitive plural.
upalakṣaṇaṃ (उपलक्षणं) is upalakṣaṇa (उपलक्षण). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. dvi-śeṣa-tvāt (द्वि-शेष-त्वात्) is a compound: two, the rest, what remains over, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
punarabhyunnīteṣu (पुनरभ्युन्नीतेषु) is locative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss punarabhyunnīteṣu (पुनरभ्युन्नीतेषु) and sarveṣām (सर्वेषाम्).
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