3.5.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.10
उत्पन्नाधिकारात् सति सर्ववचनम्
utpannādhikārāt sati sarvavacanam
The line
Because of utpannādhikāra (उत्पन्नाधिकार), in when it is, it being so, a compound: all, and a statement.
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: utpannādhikārāt (उत्पन्नाधिकारात्) + sati (सति) + sarva-vacanam (सर्व-वचनम्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utpannādhikārāt (उत्पन्नाधिकारात्) | ablative singular | utpannādhikāra (उत्पन्नाधिकार) |
| sati (सति) | locative singular, present participle | when it is, it being so |
| sarva-vacanam (सर्व-वचनम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a compound: all, and a statement. Read it from the end |
The phrases
utpannādhikārāt (उत्पन्नाधिकारात्) is utpannādhikāra (उत्पन्नाधिकार). It stands as ablative singular. sati (सति) is when it is, it being so. It stands as locative singular, present participle.
sarva-vacanam (सर्व-वचनम्) is a compound: all, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
utpannādhikārāt (उत्पन्नाधिकारात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utpannādhikārāt (उत्पन्नाधिकारात्) and sati (सति).
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