3.3.25
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.3.25
उत्कर्षो वा ग्रहणाद् विशेषस्य
utkarṣo vā grahaṇād viśeṣasya
The line
A raising or, because of a grasping, of a difference.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: utkarṣaḥ (उत्कर्षः) + vā (वा) + grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) + viśeṣasya (विशेषस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utkarṣaḥ (उत्कर्षः) | nominative singular, masculine | a raising |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or |
| grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) | ablative singular | a grasping |
| viśeṣasya (विशेषस्य) | genitive singular | a difference |
The phrases
utkarṣaḥ (उत्कर्षः) is a raising. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. The line writes it utkarṣo (उत्कर्षो). vā (वा) is or. It stands as indeclinable.
grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्) is a grasping. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it grahaṇād (ग्रहणाद्). viśeṣasya (विशेषस्य) is a difference. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
viśeṣasya (विशेषस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it utkarṣo (उत्कर्षो). The line writes it grahaṇād (ग्रहणाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utkarṣaḥ (उत्कर्षः) and grahaṇāt (ग्रहणात्).