3.5.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.26
सर्वे तु वेदसंयोगात् कारणादेकदेशे स्यात्
sarve tu vedasaṃyogāt kāraṇād ekadeśe syāt
The line
All but, because of a compound: the Veda, and conjunction, because of from a cause, in one part, it would be, let it be granted.
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: sarve (सर्वे) + tu (तु) + veda-saṃyogāt (वेद-संयोगात्) + kāraṇāt (कारणात्) + ekadeśe (एकदेशे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarve (सर्वे) | nominative plural, masculine | all |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| veda-saṃyogāt (वेद-संयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the Veda, and conjunction. Read it from the end |
| kāraṇāt (कारणात्) | ablative singular | from a cause |
| ekadeśe (एकदेशे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | one part |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
sarve (सर्वे) is all. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. veda-saṃyogāt (वेद-संयोगात्) is a compound: the Veda, and conjunction. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
kāraṇāt (कारणात्) is from a cause. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kāraṇād (कारणाद्). ekadeśe (एकदेशे) is one part. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
veda-saṃyogāt (वेद-संयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it kāraṇād (कारणाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarve (सर्वे) and veda-saṃyogāt (वेद-संयोगात्).
Next
3.5.27. grāvastuta (ग्रावस्तुत), bhakṣa (भक्ष), not is found, because of anāmnāna (अनाम्नान).