7.3.11
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.11
न व्यर्थत्वात् सर्वशब्दस्य
na vyarthatvāt sarvaśabdasya
The line
Not because of vyarthatva (व्यर्थत्व), of a compound: all, and a word.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 7. Transfer. The details of a model rite are carried to a variant rite, and where that carrying stops. The line is short. dvayoḥ (द्वयोः) from 7.3.10 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: na (न) + vyarthatvāt (व्यर्थत्वात्) + sarva-śabdasya (सर्व-शब्दस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| vyarthatvāt (व्यर्थत्वात्) | ablative singular | vyarthatva (व्यर्थत्व) |
| sarva-śabdasya (सर्व-शब्दस्य) | genitive singular | a compound: all, and a word. Read it from the end |
The phrases
na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. vyarthatvāt (व्यर्थत्वात्) is vyarthatva (व्यर्थत्व). It stands as ablative singular.
sarva-śabdasya (सर्व-शब्दस्य) is a compound: all, and a word. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
sarva-śabdasya (सर्व-शब्दस्य) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss vyarthatvāt (व्यर्थत्वात्) and sarva-śabdasya (सर्व-शब्दस्य).
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7.3.12. A compound: so, and vabhṛtha (वभृथ), because of soma.