3.7.14
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.14
देशमात्रं वा शिष्टेनैकवाक्यत्वात्
deśamātraṃ vā śiṣṭenaikavākyatvāt
The line
A compound: a place, and mātra (मात्र) or, a compound: śiṣṭe (शिष्टे), naika (नैक), a sentence, and tvāta (त्वात).
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. yūpasya (यूपस्य) from 3.7.13 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: deśa-mātraṃ (देश-मात्रं) + vā (वा) + śiṣṭe-naika-vākya-tvāta (शिष्टे-नैक-वाक्य-त्वात)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| deśa-mātraṃ (देश-मात्रं) | accusative singular, masculine | a compound: a place, and mātra (मात्र). Read it from the end |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| śiṣṭe-naika-vākya-tvāta (शिष्टे-नैक-वाक्य-त्वात) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: śiṣṭe (शिष्टे), naika (नैक), a sentence, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end |
The phrases
deśa-mātraṃ (देश-मात्रं) is a compound: a place, and mātra (मात्र). Read it from the end. It stands as accusative singular, masculine. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
śiṣṭe-naika-vākya-tvāta (शिष्टे-नैक-वाक्य-त्वात) is a compound: śiṣṭe (शिष्टे), naika (नैक), a sentence, and tvāta (त्वात). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member.
Sanskrit in this line
śiṣṭe-naika-vākya-tvāta (शिष्टे-नैक-वाक्य-त्वात) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss deśa-mātraṃ (देश-मात्रं) and śiṣṭe-naika-vākya-tvāta (शिष्टे-नैक-वाक्य-त्वात).