11.4.52
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 11 / 11.4.52
उपरवमन्त्रस् तन्त्रं स्याल् लोकवद् बहुवचनात्
uparavamantras tantraṃ syāl lokavad bahuvacanāt
The line
A compound: uparava (उपरव), and a mantra, a shared performance, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before l, a compound: the world, and vada (वद), because of a compound: many, and a statement.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 11. One performance serving many purposes, and when the acts stay separate. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: uparava-mantraḥ (उपरव-मन्त्रः) + tantraṃ (तन्त्रं) + syāl (स्याल्) + loka-vada (लोक-वद) + bahu-vacanāt (बहु-वचनात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| uparava-mantraḥ (उपरव-मन्त्रः) | nominative singular, masculine | a compound: uparava (उपरव), and a mantra. Read it from the end |
| tantraṃ (तन्त्रं) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | a shared performance |
| syāl (स्याल्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before l |
| loka-vada (लोक-वद) | a compound, the ending is on the last member | a compound: the world, and vada (वद). Read it from the end |
| bahu-vacanāt (बहु-वचनात्) | ablative singular | a compound: many, and a statement. Read it from the end |
The phrases
uparava-mantraḥ (उपरव-मन्त्रः) is a compound: uparava (उपरव), and a mantra. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it uparavamantras. tantraṃ (तन्त्रं) is a shared performance. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāl (स्याल्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before l. It stands as optative, third person singular.
loka-vada (लोक-वद) is a compound: the world, and vada (वद). Read it from the end. It stands as a compound, the ending is on the last member. bahu-vacanāt (बहु-वचनात्) is a compound: many, and a statement. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
uparava-mantraḥ (उपरव-मन्त्रः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it uparavamantras.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss uparava-mantraḥ (उपरव-मन्त्रः) and tantraṃ (तन्त्रं).