3.8.34
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.34
विकृतौ सर्वार्थः शेषः प्रकृतिवत्
vikṛtau sarvārthaḥ śeṣaḥ prakṛtivat
The line
In in the variant rite, all, the thing, the meaning, the rest, what remains over, like the model.
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: vikṛtau (विकृतौ) + sarvā (सर्वा) + arthaḥ (अर्थः) + śeṣaḥ (शेषः) + prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| vikṛtau (विकृतौ) | locative singular | in the variant rite |
| sarvā (सर्वा) | nominative singular, feminine | all |
| arthaḥ (अर्थः) | nominative singular, masculine | the thing, the meaning |
| śeṣaḥ (शेषः) | nominative singular, masculine | the rest, what remains over |
| prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) | indeclinable | like the model |
The phrases
vikṛtau (विकृतौ) is in the variant rite. It stands as locative singular. sarvā (सर्वा) is all. It stands as nominative singular, feminine. arthaḥ (अर्थः) is the thing, the meaning. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line joins them as sarvārthaḥ (सर्वार्थः).
śeṣaḥ (शेषः) is the rest, what remains over. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is like the model. It stands as indeclinable.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛtivat (प्रकृतिवत्) is indeclinable. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as sarvārthaḥ (सर्वार्थः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vikṛtau (विकृतौ) and sarvā (सर्वा).