3.8.40
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.40
सर्वेषां वाविशेषात्
sarveṣāṃ vāviśeṣāt
The line
Of of all or, because of because of a difference.
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. tat-kāle (तत्-काले) from 3.8.39 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) + vā (वा) + viśeṣāt (विशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) | genitive plural | of all |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| viśeṣāt (विशेषात्) | ablative singular | because of a difference |
The phrases
sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) is of all. It stands as genitive plural. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
viśeṣāt (विशेषात्) is because of a difference. It stands as ablative singular. The line joins them as vāviśeṣāt (वाविशेषात्).
Sanskrit in this line
sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) is genitive plural. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as vāviśeṣāt (वाविशेषात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) and viśeṣāt (विशेषात्).