9.1.15

Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.1.15

तत्प्रयुक्तत्वे च धर्मस्य सर्वविषयत्वम्

tatprayuktatve ca dharmasya sarvaviṣayatvam

The line

In a compound: that, employed, put to use, and the state of being that and, of of dharma, a compound: all, an object, and the state of being that.

Where it sits

In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.

Split: tat-prayukta-tve (तत्-प्रयुक्त-त्वे) + ca (च) + dharmasya (धर्मस्य) + sarva-viṣaya-tvam (सर्व-विषय-त्वम्)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
tat-prayukta-tve (तत्-प्रयुक्त-त्वे)locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neutera compound: that, employed, put to use, and the state of being that. Read it from the end
ca (च)indeclinableand
dharmasya (धर्मस्य)genitive singularof dharma
sarva-viṣaya-tvam (सर्व-विषय-त्वम्)nominative or accusative singular, neutera compound: all, an object, and the state of being that. Read it from the end

The phrases

tat-prayukta-tve (तत्-प्रयुक्त-त्वे) is a compound: that, employed, put to use, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable.

dharmasya (धर्मस्य) is of dharma. It stands as genitive singular. sarva-viṣaya-tvam (सर्व-विषय-त्वम्) is a compound: all, an object, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.

Sanskrit in this line

sarva-viṣaya-tvam (सर्व-विषय-त्वम्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.

Say it back

Cover the English. Gloss tat-prayukta-tve (तत्-प्रयुक्त-त्वे) and dharmasya (धर्मस्य).

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