4.3.37
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 4 / 4.3.37
उतपत्तिकालविशये कालः स्याद् वाक्यस्य तत्प्रधानत्वात्
utapattikālaviśaye kālaḥ syād vākyasya tatpradhānatvāt
The line
For a compound: utapatti (उतपत्ति), time, and viśa (विश), time, it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound, of a sentence, because of because that is its main thing.
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: utapatti-kāla-viśaye (उतपत्ति-काल-विशये) + kālaḥ (कालः) + syād (स्याद्) + vākyasya (वाक्यस्य) + tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utapatti-kāla-viśaye (उतपत्ति-काल-विशये) | dative singular | a compound: utapatti (उतपत्ति), time, and viśa (विश). Read it from the end |
| kālaḥ (कालः) | nominative singular, masculine | time |
| syād (स्याद्) | optative, third person singular | it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound |
| vākyasya (वाक्यस्य) | genitive singular | a sentence |
| tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) | ablative singular | because that is its main thing |
The phrases
utapatti-kāla-viśaye (उतपत्ति-काल-विशये) is a compound: utapatti (उतपत्ति), time, and viśa (विश). Read it from the end. It stands as dative singular. kālaḥ (कालः) is time. It stands as nominative singular, masculine. syād (स्याद्) is it would be. syāt (स्यात्) before a voiced sound. It stands as optative, third person singular.
vākyasya (वाक्यस्य) is a sentence. It stands as genitive singular. tatpradhānatvāt (तत्प्रधानत्वात्) is because that is its main thing. It stands as ablative singular.
Sanskrit in this line
utapatti-kāla-viśaye (उतपत्ति-काल-विशये) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utapatti-kāla-viśaye (उतपत्ति-काल-विशये) and kālaḥ (कालः).