3.4.34

Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.34

तत्सर्वत्राविशेषात्

tatsarvatrāviśeṣāt

The line

Because of a compound: tatsa (तत्स), rvatrā (र्वत्रा), and a difference.

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 line is short. doṣāt (दोषात्) from 3.4.33 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).

Split: tatsa-rvatrā-viśeṣāt (तत्स-र्वत्रा-विशेषात्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
tatsa-rvatrā-viśeṣāt (तत्स-र्वत्रा-विशेषात्)ablative singulara compound: tatsa (तत्स), rvatrā (र्वत्रा), and a difference. Read it from the end

The phrases

tatsa-rvatrā-viśeṣāt (तत्स-र्वत्रा-विशेषात्) is a compound: tatsa (तत्स), rvatrā (र्वत्रा), and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.

Hold the words in that order. The English of the whole line comes after them.

Sanskrit in this line

tatsa-rvatrā-viśeṣāt (तत्स-र्वत्रा-विशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss tatsa-rvatrā-viśeṣāt (तत्स-र्वत्रा-विशेषात्).

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