10.5.4
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.5.4
क्रमादुपजनोऽन्तेस्यात्
kramād upajano 'ntesyāt
The line
Because of order, upajana (उपजन), in at the end, 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: kramāt (क्रमात्) + upajano (उपजनो) + ante (अन्ते) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| kramāt (क्रमात्) | ablative singular | order |
| upajano (उपजनो) | nominative singular, masculine | upajana (उपजन) |
| ante (अन्ते) | locative singular, masculine | at the end |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
kramāt (क्रमात्) is order. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it kramād (क्रमाद्). upajano (उपजनो) is upajana (उपजन). It stands as nominative singular, masculine.
ante (अन्ते) is at the end. It stands as locative singular, masculine. The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular. The line joins them as antesyāt (अन्तेस्यात्).
Sanskrit in this line
The apostrophe is an avagraha. It marks an a that sandhi dropped. The sitting puts that a back. The line writes it kramād (क्रमाद्). The apostrophe marks an a that was dropped. The line joins them as antesyāt (अन्तेस्यात्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss kramāt (क्रमात्) and upajano (उपजनो).
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