3.4.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.37
सर्वप्रदानं हविषस् तदर्थत्वात्
sarvapradānaṃ haviṣas tadarthatvāt
The line
A compound: all, and pradāna (प्रदान), haviṣas (हविष), because of because it is for the sake of 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: sarva-pradānaṃ (सर्व-प्रदानं) + haviṣas (हविष) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarva-pradānaṃ (सर्व-प्रदानं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: all, and pradāna (प्रदान). Read it from the end |
| haviṣas (हविष) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
sarva-pradānaṃ (सर्व-प्रदानं) is a compound: all, and pradāna (प्रदान). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. haviṣas (हविष) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sarva-pradānaṃ (सर्व-प्रदानं) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarva-pradānaṃ (सर्व-प्रदानं) and haviṣas (हविष).