6.8.17
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 6 / 6.8.17
सर्वार्थत्वाच् च पुत्रार्थो न प्रयोजयेत्
sarvārthatvāc ca putrārtho na prayojayet
The line
Because of a compound: all, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that and, putrārtha (पुत्रार्थ), not prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 6. Who may perform. Eligibility, and the way substances are tied to an act. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sarva-artha-tvāt (सर्व-अर्थ-त्वात्) + ca (च) + putrārtho (पुत्रार्थो) + na (न) + prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarva-artha-tvāt (सर्व-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: all, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| putrārtho (पुत्रार्थो) | nominative singular, masculine | putrārtha (पुत्रार्थ) |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
The phrases
sarva-artha-tvāt (सर्व-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: all, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it sarvārthatvāc (सर्वार्थत्वाच्). ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. putrārtho (पुत्रार्थो) is putrārtha (पुत्रार्थ). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
Sanskrit in this line
sarva-artha-tvāt (सर्व-अर्थ-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it sarvārthatvāc (सर्वार्थत्वाच्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarva-artha-tvāt (सर्व-अर्थ-त्वात्) and putrārtho (पुत्रार्थो).