3.5.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.5.30
सर्वेषां तु विधित्वात् तदर्था चमसिश्रुतिः
sarveṣāṃ tu vidhitvāt tadarthā camasiśrutiḥ
The line
Of of all but, because of a compound: an injunction, and the state of being that, for the sake of that, a compound: camasi (चमसि), and heard.
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: sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) + tu (तु) + vidhi-tvāt (विधि-त्वात्) + tadarthā (तदर्था) + camasi-śrutiḥ (चमसि-श्रुतिः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) | genitive plural | of all |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| vidhi-tvāt (विधि-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: an injunction, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| tadarthā (तदर्था) | nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular | for the sake of that |
| camasi-śrutiḥ (चमसि-श्रुतिः) | nominative singular | a compound: camasi (चमसि), and heard. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) is of all. It stands as genitive plural. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable. vidhi-tvāt (विधि-त्वात्) is a compound: an injunction, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
tadarthā (तदर्था) is for the sake of that. It stands as nominative singular, feminine, or instrumental singular. camasi-śrutiḥ (चमसि-श्रुतिः) is a compound: camasi (चमसि), and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
camasi-śrutiḥ (चमसि-श्रुतिः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) and vidhi-tvāt (विधि-त्वात्).
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