3.8.32
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.32
विरोधे च श्रुतिविशेषादव्यक्तः शेषे
virodhe ca śrutiviśeṣād avyaktaḥ śeṣe
The line
In a clash and, because of a compound: scripture, and a difference, avyakta (अव्यक्त), in the rest, what remains over.
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: virodhe (विरोधे) + ca (च) + śruti-viśeṣāt (श्रुति-विशेषात्) + avyaktaḥ (अव्यक्तः) + śeṣe (शेषे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| virodhe (विरोधे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a clash |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| śruti-viśeṣāt (श्रुति-विशेषात्) | ablative singular | a compound: scripture, and a difference. Read it from the end |
| avyaktaḥ (अव्यक्तः) | nominative singular, masculine | avyakta (अव्यक्त) |
| śeṣe (शेषे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | the rest, what remains over |
The phrases
virodhe (विरोधे) is a clash. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. śruti-viśeṣāt (श्रुति-विशेषात्) is a compound: scripture, and a difference. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it śrutiviśeṣād (श्रुतिविशेषाद्).
avyaktaḥ (अव्यक्तः) is avyakta (अव्यक्त). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. śeṣe (शेषे) is the rest, what remains over. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
śruti-viśeṣāt (श्रुति-विशेषात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it śrutiviśeṣād (श्रुतिविशेषाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss virodhe (विरोधे) and śruti-viśeṣāt (श्रुति-विशेषात्).