10.2.3
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.2.3
उपस्तरणाभिघारणयोरमृतार्थत्वादकर्म स्यात्
upastaraṇābhighāraṇayor amṛtārthatvād akarma syāt
The line
upastaraṇābhighāraṇayor (उपस्तरणाभिघारणयोर्), because of a compound: the deathless, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that, not an action, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 10. Bādha (बाध): when a transferred detail is excluded. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: upastaraṇābhighāraṇayor (उपस्तरणाभिघारणयोर्) + amṛta-artha-tvāt (अमृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) + a-karma (अ-कर्म) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upastaraṇābhighāraṇayor (उपस्तरणाभिघारणयोर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| amṛta-artha-tvāt (अमृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: the deathless, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| a-karma (अ-कर्म) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | not an action |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
upastaraṇābhighāraṇayor (उपस्तरणाभिघारणयोर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. amṛta-artha-tvāt (अमृत-अर्थ-त्वात्) is a compound: the deathless, a thing, a meaning, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it amṛtārthatvād (अमृतार्थत्वाद्).
a-karma (अ-कर्म) is not an action. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
upastaraṇābhighāraṇayor (उपस्तरणाभिघारणयोर्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it amṛtārthatvād (अमृतार्थत्वाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss upastaraṇābhighāraṇayor (उपस्तरणाभिघारणयोर्) and amṛta-artha-tvāt (अमृत-अर्थ-त्वात्).