10.7.43
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 10 / 10.7.43
उपसत्सु यावदुक्तमकर्म स्यात्
upasatsu yāvaduktam akarma syāt
The line
upasatsu (उपसत्सु), as far as. yāvat (यावत्) before a voiced sound, what has been said, 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: upasatsu (उपसत्सु) + yāvad (यावद्) + uktam (उक्तम्) + a-karma (अ-कर्म) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| upasatsu (उपसत्सु) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| yāvad (यावद्) | indeclinable | as far as. yāvat (यावत्) before a voiced sound |
| uktam (उक्तम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what has been said |
| 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
upasatsu (उपसत्सु) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. yāvad (यावद्) is as far as. yāvat (यावत्) before a voiced sound. It stands as indeclinable. uktam (उक्तम्) is what has been said. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as yāvaduktam (यावदुक्तम्).
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
upasatsu (उपसत्सु) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as yāvaduktam (यावदुक्तम्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss upasatsu (उपसत्सु) and yāvad (यावद्).