9.3.26
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.3.26
उक्तञ् च तत्त्वमस्य
uktañ ca tattvam asya
The line
uktañ (उक्तञ्) and, that, you, of of this.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 9. Ūha (ऊह): adapting mantras and details when they are transferred. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: uktañ (उक्तञ्) + ca (च) + tat (तत्) + tvam (त्वम्) + asya (अस्य)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| uktañ (उक्तञ्) | the form as the line writes it | this word, as the line writes it |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| tat (तत्) | nominative or accusative singular, neuter | that |
| tvam (त्वम्) | nominative singular | you |
| asya (अस्य) | genitive singular | of this |
The phrases
uktañ (उक्तञ्) is this word, as the line writes it. It stands as the form as the line writes it. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. tat (तत्) is that. It stands as nominative or accusative singular, neuter.
tvam (त्वम्) is you. It stands as nominative singular. The line joins them as tattvam. asya (अस्य) is of this. It stands as genitive singular.
Sanskrit in this line
uktañ (उक्तञ्) is the form as the line writes it. That ending is the work an English preposition would do. The line joins them as tattvam.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss uktañ (उक्तञ्) and tvam (त्वम्).