8.4.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 8 / 8.4.3
सर्वेषां वा दर्शनाद् वास्तुहोमे
sarveṣāṃ vā darśanād vāstuhome
The line
Of of all or, because of from seeing, because one sees, in vāstuhoma (वास्तुहोम).
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 8. Transfer by specific indications. The signs in a variant rite's own sentence say which model it borrows from. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) + vā (वा) + darśanāt (दर्शनात्) + vāstuhome (वास्तुहोमे)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) | genitive plural | of all |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| darśanāt (दर्शनात्) | ablative singular | from seeing, because one sees |
| vāstuhome (वास्तुहोमे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | vāstuhoma (वास्तुहोम) |
The phrases
sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) is of all. It stands as genitive plural. vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
darśanāt (दर्शनात्) is from seeing, because one sees. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it darśanād (दर्शनाद्). vāstuhome (वास्तुहोमे) is vāstuhoma (वास्तुहोम). It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter.
Sanskrit in this line
vāstuhome (वास्तुहोमे) is locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it darśanād (दर्शनाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss sarveṣāṃ (सर्वेषां) and darśanāt (दर्शनात्).