10.4.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.36
सगुणस्य गुणलोपे निगमेषु यावदुक्तं स्यात्
saguṇasya guṇalope nigameṣu yāvaduktaṃ syāt
The line
Of saguṇa (सगुण), in a compound: a quality, and lopa (लोप), in nigama (निगम), as far as. yāvat (यावत्) before a voiced sound, what has been said, 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: saguṇasya (सगुणस्य) + guṇa-lope (गुण-लोपे) + nigameṣu (निगमेषु) + yāvad (यावद्) + uktaṃ (उक्तं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| saguṇasya (सगुणस्य) | genitive singular | saguṇa (सगुण) |
| guṇa-lope (गुण-लोपे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a compound: a quality, and lopa (लोप). Read it from the end |
| nigameṣu (निगमेषु) | locative plural | nigama (निगम) |
| yāvad (यावद्) | indeclinable | as far as. yāvat (यावत्) before a voiced sound |
| uktaṃ (उक्तं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what has been said |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
saguṇasya (सगुणस्य) is saguṇa (सगुण). It stands as genitive singular. guṇa-lope (गुण-लोपे) is a compound: a quality, and lopa (लोप). Read it from the end. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. nigameṣu (निगमेषु) is nigama (निगम). It stands as locative plural.
yāvad (यावद्) is as far as. yāvat (यावत्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. uktaṃ (उक्तं) is what has been said. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as yāvaduktaṃ (यावदुक्तं). syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
saguṇasya (सगुणस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as yāvaduktaṃ (यावदुक्तं).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss saguṇasya (सगुणस्य) and guṇa-lope (गुण-लोपे).