9.3.36
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 9 / 9.3.36
उत्सर्गाच् च भक्त्या तस्मिन् पतित्वं स्यात्
utsargāc ca bhaktyā tasmin patitvaṃ syāt
The line
Because of utsarga (उत्सर्ग) and, by means of by devotion, in in that, patitva (पतित्व), it would be, let it be granted.
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: utsargāc (उत्सर्गाच्) + ca (च) + bhaktyā (भक्त्या) + tasmin (तस्मिन्) + patitvaṃ (पतित्वं) + syāt (स्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| utsargāc (उत्सर्गाच्) | ablative singular | utsarga (उत्सर्ग) |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and |
| bhaktyā (भक्त्या) | instrumental singular, feminine | by devotion |
| tasmin (तस्मिन्) | locative singular | in that |
| patitvaṃ (पतित्वं) | accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter | patitva (पतित्व) |
| syāt (स्यात्) | optative, third person singular | it would be, let it be granted |
The phrases
utsargāc (उत्सर्गाच्) is utsarga (उत्सर्ग). It stands as ablative singular. ca (च) is and. It stands as indeclinable. bhaktyā (भक्त्या) is by devotion. It stands as instrumental singular, feminine.
tasmin (तस्मिन्) is in that. It stands as locative singular. patitvaṃ (पतित्वं) is patitva (पतित्व). It stands as accusative singular, masculine, or nominative or accusative singular, neuter. syāt (स्यात्) is it would be, let it be granted. It stands as optative, third person singular.
Sanskrit in this line
utsargāc (उत्सर्गाच्) is ablative singular. That ending is the work an English preposition would do.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss utsargāc (उत्सर्गाच्) and bhaktyā (भक्त्या).