3.7.39
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.39
ते सर्वार्थाः प्रयुक्तत्वादग्नयश् च स्वकालत्वात्
te sarvārthāḥ prayuktatvād agnayaś ca svakālatvāt
The line
They, those, a compound: all, and a thing, a meaning, because of a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that, agnayaś (अग्नयश्) and, 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: te (ते) + sarva-arthāḥ (सर्व-अर्थाः) + prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) + agnayaś (अग्नयश्) + ca (च) + sva-kāla-tvāt (स्व-काल-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| te (ते) | nominative plural, masculine | they, those |
| sarva-arthāḥ (सर्व-अर्थाः) | nominative plural | a compound: all, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end |
| prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| agnayaś (अग्नयश्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| 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
te (ते) is they, those. It stands as nominative plural, masculine. sarva-arthāḥ (सर्व-अर्थाः) is a compound: all, and a thing, a meaning. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural. prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) is a compound: employed, put to use, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it prayuktatvād (प्रयुक्तत्वाद्).
agnayaś (अग्नयश्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. 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
prayukta-tvāt (प्रयुक्त-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it prayuktatvād (प्रयुक्तत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss te (ते) and sarva-arthāḥ (सर्व-अर्थाः).