4.2.28
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.2.28
तदुक्ते श्रवणाज् जुहोतिरासेचनाधिकः स्यात्
tadukte śravaṇāj juhotir āsecanādhikaḥ syāt
The line
That, in when it has been said, śravaṇāj (श्रवणाज्), juhotir (जुहोतिर्), āsecanādhika (आसेचनाधिक), it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 4. What is for the rite, and what is for the person. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: tad (तद्) + ukte (उक्ते) + śravaṇāj (श्रवणाज्) + juhotir (जुहोतिर्) + āsecanādhikaḥ (आसेचनाधिकः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| tad (तद्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| ukte (उक्ते) | locative singular | when it has been said |
| śravaṇāj (श्रवणाज्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| juhotir (जुहोतिर्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| āsecanādhikaḥ (आसेचनाधिकः) | nominative singular, masculine | āsecanādhika (आसेचनाधिक) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
tad (तद्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. ukte (उक्ते) is when it has been said. It stands as locative singular. The line joins them as tadukte. śravaṇāj (श्रवणाज्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it.
juhotir (जुहोतिर्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. āsecanādhikaḥ (आसेचनाधिकः) is āsecanādhika (आसेचनाधिक). It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
āsecanādhikaḥ (आसेचनाधिकः) is nominative singular, masculine. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as tadukte.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss ukte (उक्ते) and śravaṇāj (श्रवणाज्).