3.6.1
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.1
तत् सर्वार्थमप्रकरणात्
tat sarvārtham aprakaraṇāt
The line
That, all, the thing, for the sake of, because of aprakaraṇa (अप्रकरण).
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: tat (तत्) + sarvā (सर्वा) + artham (अर्थम्) + aprakaraṇāt (अप्रकरणात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tat (तत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| sarvā (सर्वा) | nominative singular, feminine | all |
| artham (अर्थम्) | accusative singular | the thing, for the sake of |
| aprakaraṇāt (अप्रकरणात्) | ablative singular | aprakaraṇa (अप्रकरण) |
The phrases
tat (तत्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. sarvā (सर्वा) is all. It stands as nominative singular, feminine.
artham (अर्थम्) is the thing, for the sake of. It stands as accusative singular. The line joins them as sarvārtham (सर्वार्थम्). aprakaraṇāt (अप्रकरणात्) is aprakaraṇa (अप्रकरण). It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
aprakaraṇāt (अप्रकरणात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as sarvārtham (सर्वार्थम्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarvā (सर्वा) and artham (अर्थम्).
Next
3.6.2. In in nature, in the model rite, because of vādviruktatva (वाद्विरुक्तत्व).