3.7.38
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.38
स्वामिसप्तदशाः कर्मसामान्यात्
svāmisaptadaśāḥ karmasāmānyāt
The line
svāmisaptadaśa (स्वामिसप्तदश), because of a compound: action, and a common case.
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. uktvā (उक्त्वा) from 3.7.37 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: svāmisaptadaśāḥ (स्वामिसप्तदशाः) + karma-sāmānyāt (कर्म-सामान्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| svāmisaptadaśāḥ (स्वामिसप्तदशाः) | nominative plural | svāmisaptadaśa (स्वामिसप्तदश) |
| karma-sāmānyāt (कर्म-सामान्यात्) | ablative singular | a compound: action, and a common case. Read it from the end |
The phrases
svāmisaptadaśāḥ (स्वामिसप्तदशाः) is svāmisaptadaśa (स्वामिसप्तदश). It stands as nominative plural.
karma-sāmānyāt (कर्म-सामान्यात्) is a compound: action, and a common case. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
svāmisaptadaśāḥ (स्वामिसप्तदशाः) is nominative plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss svāmisaptadaśāḥ (स्वामिसप्तदशाः) and karma-sāmānyāt (कर्म-सामान्यात्).