3.4.44
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.4.44
सर्वेभ्यो वा कारणाविशेषात् संस्कारस्य तदर्थत्वात्
sarvebhyo vā kāraṇāviśeṣāt saṃskārasya tadarthatvāt
The line
For all or, because of a compound: a cause, and no difference, of a compounded thing, 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: sarvebhyaḥ (सर्वेभ्यः) + vā (वा) + kāraṇa-aviśeṣāt (कारण-अविशेषात्) + saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) + tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarvebhyaḥ (सर्वेभ्यः) | dative or ablative plural | all |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| kāraṇa-aviśeṣāt (कारण-अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: a cause, and no difference. Read it from the end |
| saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) | genitive singular | a compounded thing |
| tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | because it is for the sake of that |
The phrases
sarvebhyaḥ (सर्वेभ्यः) is all. It stands as dative or ablative plural. The line writes it sarvebhyo. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable. kāraṇa-aviśeṣāt (कारण-अविशेषात्) is a compound: a cause, and no difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
saṃskārasya (संस्कारस्य) is a compounded thing. It stands as genitive singular. tadarthatvāt (तदर्थत्वात्) is because it is for the sake of that. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kāraṇa-aviśeṣāt (कारण-अविशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it sarvebhyo.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarvebhyaḥ (सर्वेभ्यः) and kāraṇa-aviśeṣāt (कारण-अविशेषात्).
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