10.6.70
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.6.70
स्यादुत्पत्तौ कालभेदात्
syād utpattau kālabhedāt
The line
It would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, arising, the origin, because of a difference of time.
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: syād (स्याद्) + utpattau (उत्पत्तौ) + kālabhedāt (कालभेदात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| utpattau (उत्पत्तौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | arising, the origin |
| kālabhedāt (कालभेदात्) | ablative singular | a difference of time |
The phrases
syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular. utpattau (उत्पत्तौ) is arising, the origin. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular.
kālabhedāt (कालभेदात्) is a difference of time. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
kālabhedāt (कालभेदात्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss syād (स्याद्) and utpattau (उत्पत्तौ).