3.2.42
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.2.42
सर्वेषु वाभावादेकच्छन्दसः
sarveṣu vābhāvād ekacchandasaḥ
The line
In all or, because of because of absence, ekacchandasa (एकच्छन्दस).
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: sarveṣu (सर्वेषु) + vā (वा) + abhāvāt (अभावात्) + ekacchandasaḥ (एकच्छन्दसः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarveṣu (सर्वेषु) | locative plural | all |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| abhāvāt (अभावात्) | ablative singular | because of absence |
| ekacchandasaḥ (एकच्छन्दसः) | nominative singular, masculine | ekacchandasa (एकच्छन्दस) |
The phrases
sarveṣu (सर्वेषु) is all. It stands as locative plural. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
abhāvāt (अभावात्) is because of absence. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as vābhāvād (वाभावाद्). ekacchandasaḥ (एकच्छन्दसः) is ekacchandasa (एकच्छन्दस). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
Sanskrit in this line
ekacchandasaḥ (एकच्छन्दसः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as vābhāvād (वाभावाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarveṣu (सर्वेषु) and abhāvāt (अभावात्).