3.7.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.7.26
उत्पत्तौ तु बहुश्रुतेः
utpattau tu bahuśruteḥ
The line
Arising, the origin but, of a compound: many, and heard.
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 line is short. camasādhvaryavaś (चमसाध्वर्यवश्) from 3.7.25 is still in force. A sūtra (सूत्र) leaves a word out when the line before still holds it. That carrying is anuvṛtti (अनुवृत्ति).
Split: utpattau (उत्पत्तौ) + tu (तु) + bahu-śruteḥ (बहु-श्रुतेः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utpattau (उत्पत्तौ) | nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular | arising, the origin |
| tu (तु) | indeclinable | but, and now |
| bahu-śruteḥ (बहु-श्रुतेः) | genitive or ablative singular | a compound: many, and heard. Read it from the end |
The phrases
utpattau (उत्पत्तौ) is arising, the origin. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, or locative singular. tu (तु) is but, and now. It stands as indeclinable.
bahu-śruteḥ (बहु-श्रुतेः) is a compound: many, and heard. Read it from the end. It stands as genitive or ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
bahu-śruteḥ (बहु-श्रुतेः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utpattau (उत्पत्तौ) and bahu-śruteḥ (बहु-श्रुतेः).