5.1.23
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.1.23
अङ्गानां मुख्यकालत्वाद् यथोक्तमुत्कर्षे स्यात्
aṅgānāṃ mukhyakālatvād yathoktam utkarṣe syāt
The line
Of a limb, a subsidiary part, because of a compound: primary, time, and the state of being that, as, what has been said, in a raising, it would be, let it be granted.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 5. Order. Sequence is fixed by the order of the words, and by other rules when the words do not decide. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) + mukhya-kāla-tvāt (मुख्य-काल-त्वात्) + yathā (यथा) + uktam (उक्तम्) + utkarṣe (उत्कर्षे) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) | genitive plural | a limb, a subsidiary part |
| mukhya-kāla-tvāt (मुख्य-काल-त्वात्) | ablative singular | a compound: primary, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end |
| yathā (यथा) | indeclinable | as |
| uktam (उक्तम्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | what has been said |
| utkarṣe (उत्कर्षे) | locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter | a raising |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) is a limb, a subsidiary part. It stands as genitive plural. mukhya-kāla-tvāt (मुख्य-काल-त्वात्) is a compound: primary, time, and the state of being that. Read it from the end. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it mukhyakālatvād (मुख्यकालत्वाद्). yathā (यथा) is as. It stands as indeclinable.
uktam (उक्तम्) is what has been said. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter. The line joins them as yathoktam. utkarṣe (उत्कर्षे) is a raising. It stands as locative singular, or nominative or accusative dual, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
mukhya-kāla-tvāt (मुख्य-काल-त्वात्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line writes it mukhyakālatvād (मुख्यकालत्वाद्). The line joins them as yathoktam.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss aṅgānāṃ (अङ्गानां) and mukhya-kāla-tvāt (मुख्य-काल-त्वात्).