3.5.24
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.24
सर्वे वा सर्वसंयोगात्
sarve vā sarvasaṃyogāt
The line
All or, because of a compound: all, and conjunction.
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. udgātṛ-cama-samekaḥ (उद्गातृ-चम-समेकः) from 3.5.23 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sarve (सर्वे) + vā (वा) + sarva-saṃyogāt (सर्व-संयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarve (सर्वे) | nominative plural, masculine | all |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| sarva-saṃyogāt (सर्व-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: all, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sarve (सर्वे) is all. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
sarva-saṃyogāt (सर्व-संयोगात्) is a compound: all, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sarva-saṃyogāt (सर्व-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarve (सर्वे) and sarva-saṃyogāt (सर्व-संयोगात्).