4.3.27
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.27
तत्र सर्वेऽविशेषात्
tatra sarve 'viśeṣāt
The line
There, all, because of because there is no difference.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tatra (तत्र) + sarve (सर्वे) + aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tatra (तत्र) | indeclinable | there |
| sarve (सर्वे) | nominative plural, masculine | all |
| aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) | ablative singular | because there is no difference |
The phrases
tatra (तत्र) is there. It stands as indeclinable. sarve (सर्वे) is all. It stands as nominative plural, masculine.
aviśeṣāt (अविशेषात्) is because there is no difference. It stands as ablative singular. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss tatra (तत्र) and sarve (सर्वे).