5.4.10
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 5 / 5.4.10
उत्कर्षाद् ब्राह्मणस्य सोमः स्यात्
utkarṣād brāhmaṇasya somaḥ syāt
The line
Because of a raising, of a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage, soma, 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: utkarṣāt (उत्कर्षात्) + brāhmaṇasya (ब्राह्मणस्य) + somaḥ (सोमः) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utkarṣāt (उत्कर्षात्) | ablative singular | a raising |
| brāhmaṇasya (ब्राह्मणस्य) | genitive singular | a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage |
| somaḥ (सोमः) | nominative singular, masculine | soma |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
utkarṣāt (उत्कर्षात्) is a raising. It stands as ablative singular. The line writes it utkarṣād (उत्कर्षाद्). brāhmaṇasya (ब्राह्मणस्य) is a brāhmaṇa (ब्राह्मण) passage. It stands as genitive singular.
somaḥ (सोमः) is soma. 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
brāhmaṇasya (ब्राह्मणस्य) is genitive singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line writes it utkarṣād (उत्कर्षाद्).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utkarṣāt (उत्कर्षात्) and brāhmaṇasya (ब्राह्मणस्य).
Next
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