3.6.15
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.6.15
सर्वार्थ वाग्न्यधानस्य स्वकालत्वात्
sarvārtha vāgnyadhānasya svakālatvāt
The line
A compound: all, and a thing, a meaning, of vāgnyadhāna (वाग्न्यधान), because of a compound: one's own, time, and the state of being that.
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: sarva-artha (सर्व-अर्थ) + vāgnyadhānasya (वाग्न्यधानस्य) + sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarva-artha (सर्व-अर्थ) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: all, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| vāgnyadhānasya (वाग्न्यधानस्य) | genitive singular | vāgnyadhāna (वाग्न्यधान) |
| sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: one's own, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
The phrases
sarva-artha (सर्व-अर्थ) is a compound: all, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. vāgnyadhānasya (वाग्न्यधानस्य) is vāgnyadhāna (वाग्न्यधान). It stands as genitive singular.
sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्) is a compound: one's own, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
vāgnyadhānasya (वाग्न्यधानस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarva-artha (सर्व-अर्थ) and vāgnyadhānasya (वाग्न्यधानस्य).