7.3.30
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 7 / 7.3.30
विशये लौकिकः स्यात् सर्वार्थत्वात्
viśaye laukikaḥ syāt sarvārthatvāt
The line
For viśa (विश), an ordinary person, it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: all, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that.
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 words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: viśaye (विशये) + laukikaḥ (लौकिकः) + syāt (स्यात्) + sarva-artha-tvāt (सर्व-अर्थ-त्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viśaye (विशये) | dative singular | viśa (विश) |
| laukikaḥ (लौकिकः) | nominative singular, masculine | an ordinary person |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| 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 |
The phrases
viśaye (विशये) is viśa (विश). It stands as dative singular. laukikaḥ (लौकिकः) is an ordinary person. It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. 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.
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.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss viśaye (विशये) and laukikaḥ (लौकिकः).