10.4.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.4.8
उपगेषु शरवत् स्यात् प्रकृतिलिङ्गसयोगात्
upageṣu śaravat syāt prakṛtiliṅgasayogāt
The line
In upaga (उपग), śaravat (शरवत्), it would be, let it be granted, because of a compound: nature, what is seen, a mark, and sayoga (सयोग).
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: upageṣu (उपगेषु) + śaravat (शरवत्) + syāt (स्यात्) + prakṛti-liṅga-sayogāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्ग-सयोगात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upageṣu (उपगेषु) | locative plural | upaga (उपग) |
| śaravat (शरवत्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
| prakṛti-liṅga-sayogāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्ग-सयोगात्) | ablative singular | a compound: nature, what is seen, a mark, and sayoga (सयोग). Read it from the end |
The phrases
upageṣu (उपगेषु) is upaga (उपग). It stands as locative plural. śaravat (शरवत्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. prakṛti-liṅga-sayogāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्ग-सयोगात्) is a compound: nature, what is seen, a mark, and sayoga (सयोग). Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
prakṛti-liṅga-sayogāt (प्रकृति-लिङ्ग-सयोगात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss upageṣu (उपगेषु) and śaravat (शरवत्).
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