3.5.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.17
अविभागाच् च शेषस्य सर्वान् प्रत्यविशिष्ठत्वात्
avibhāgāc ca śeṣasya sarvān pratyaviśiṣṭhatvāt
The line
Because of avibhāga (अविभाग) and, of the rest, what remains over, all, because of a compound: toward, against, aviśi (अविशि), and ṣṭhatva (ष्ठत्व).
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: avibhāgāc (अविभागाच्) + ca (च) + śeṣasya (शेषस्य) + sarvān (सर्वान्) + prati-aviśi-ṣṭhatvāt (प्रति-अविशि-ष्ठत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| avibhāgāc (अविभागाच्) | ablative singular | avibhāga (अविभाग) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| śeṣasya (शेषस्य) | genitive singular | the rest, what remains over |
| sarvān (सर्वान्) | accusative plural, masculine | all |
| prati-aviśi-ṣṭhatvāt (प्रति-अविशि-ष्ठत्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: toward, against, aviśi (अविशि), and ṣṭhatva (ष्ठत्व). Read it from the end |
The phrases
avibhāgāc (अविभागाच्) is avibhāga (अविभाग). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. śeṣasya (शेषस्य) is the rest, what remains over. It stands as genitive singular.
sarvān (सर्वान्) is all. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. prati-aviśi-ṣṭhatvāt (प्रति-अविशि-ष्ठत्वात्) is a compound: toward, against, aviśi (अविशि), and ṣṭhatva (ष्ठत्व). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prati-aviśi-ṣṭhatvāt (प्रति-अविशि-ष्ठत्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss avibhāgāc (अविभागाच्) and śeṣasya (शेषस्य).